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Onchocerca volvulus (River blindness)

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Microbiology

Parasitology

Protozoa
Plasmodium species (Malaria)
Babesia
Giardia lamblia
Entamoeba histolytica (Amebiasis)
Cryptosporidium
Acanthamoeba
Naegleria fowleri (Primary amebic meningoencephalitis)
Toxoplasma gondii (Toxoplasmosis)
Trypanosoma brucei
Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas disease)
Trichomonas vaginalis
Leishmania
Worms
Loa loa (Eye worm)
Toxocara canis (Visceral larva migrans)
Onchocerca volvulus (River blindness)
Ascaris lumbricoides
Anisakis
Angiostrongylus (Eosinophilic meningitis)
Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus
Strongyloides stercoralis
Guinea worm (Dracunculiasis)
Wuchereria bancrofti (Lymphatic filariasis)
Trichinella spiralis
Enterobius vermicularis (Pinworm)
Trichuris trichiura (Whipworm)
Echinococcus granulosus (Hydatid disease)
Diphyllobothrium latum
Paragonimus westermani
Clonorchis sinensis
Schistosomes
Ectoparasites
Pediculus humanus and Phthirus pubis (Lice)
Sarcoptes scabiei (Scabies)

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A scientist is studying a helminthic infection that occurs most commonly in Sub-Saharan Africa. The infection is transmitted by the female black fly. Clinically, this infection can cause severe pruritic papular dermatitis and depigmentation. Which of the following additional manifestations is associated with this helminthic infection?  

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Onchocerca volvulus is a parasitic nematode (roundworm) transmitted by female blackflies, which causes onchocerciasis also known as river blindness. People with Onchocerciasis can present with severe skin irritation and eye problems such as inflammation of the iris, damage to the cornea, and blindness. The treatment of onchocerciasis is with ivermectin and doxycycline.