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21Simulium — A genus of biting gnats or midges, the black flies, humpbacked flies, or buffalo gnats in the dipteran family Simuliidae. The aquatic larvae require swift flowing streams or highly oxygenated waters for their development, a critical epidemiologic …
22Mansonella perstans — Loa loa (right) and M. perstans (left) Scientific classification …
23Blindness — This article is about the visual condition. For other uses, see Blindness (disambiguation). Blindness Classification and external resources A white cane, the international symbol of blindness ICD …
24Keratitis — Classification and external resources An eye with non ulcerative sterile keratitis. ICD 10 H16 …
25Онхоцеркоз — Onchocerca volvulus возбудитель онхоце …
26Tropical disease — Tropical diseases are diseases that are prevalent in or unique to tropical and subtropical regions. The diseases are less prevalent in temperate climates, due in part to the occurrence of a cold season, which controls the insect population by… …
27Nodding disease — Africa portal Medicine portal …
28ivermectin — A semisynthetic macrolide antibiotic effective in the treatment of filariasis. The drug destroys Onchocerca microfilaria and Filaria bancrofti. Also approved by the FDA for the treatment of scabies by topical administration. * * * iver·mec·tin .ī …
29onchocercosis — SYN: onchocerciasis. * * * on·cho·cer·co·sis kō səs n, pl co·ses .sēz ONCHOCERCIASIS * * * on·cho·cer·co·sis (ong″ko sər koґsis) onchocerciasis …
30Jean Hissette — (* 30. August 1888 in Löwen; † 26. August 1965 in Forest/Brüssel) war ein belgischer Augenarzt. Hissette ist der Entdecker der afrikanischen okulären Onchozerkose (Flussblindheit) und er war der erste, der die Entstehung der Erblindung bei der… …
