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Descriptor
English
:
Onchocerciasis, Ocular
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Oncocercosis Ocular
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Oncocercose Ocular
Synonyms
English
:
Blindness, River
Ocular Onchocerciases
Ocular Onchocerciasis
Onchocerciases, Ocular
River Blindness
Tree Number:
C01.610.300.562
C01.610.335.508.700.750.361.699.500
C01.920.891
C11.294.725.562
Definition
English
:
Filarial infection of the eyes transmitted from
person
to
person
by bites of
Onchocerca
volvulus-infected black flies. The
microfilariae
of
Onchocerca
are thus deposited beneath the skin. They migrate through various
tissues
including the eye. Those
persons
infected have impaired vision and up to 20% are blind. The
incidence
of eye lesions has been reported to be as high as 30% in
Central America
and parts of
Africa.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
coordinate with
NEGLECTED DISEASES
if pertinent
History Note
English
:
90
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DG
diagnostic imaging
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
TM
transmission
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
24813
Unique Identifier:
D015827
Occurrence in VHL
:
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