onchocerciasis
41Burkina Faso — /beuhr kee neuh fah soh/ a republic in W Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 10,891,159; 106,111 sq. mi. (274,827 sq. km). Cap.: Ouagadougou. Formerly, Upper Volta. * * * Burkina Faso Introduction Burkina Faso Background: Independence… …
42river blindness — Pathol. onchocerciasis. [1950 55] * * * or onchocerciasis Human disease caused by a filarial worm native to Africa but also found in parts of tropical America and transmitted by several blackflies. It is so called because the flies that transmit… …
43Health and Disease — ▪ 2009 Introduction Food and Drug Safety. In 2008 the contamination of infant formula and related dairy products with melamine in China led to widespread health problems in children, including urinary problems and possible renal tube… …
44Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… …
45blindness — 1. Loss of the sense of sight; absolute b. connotes no light perception. SEE ALSO: amblyopia, amaurosis. 2. Loss of visual appreciation of objects although visual acuity is normal. 3 …
46craw-craw — A term applied in west Africa to a pruritic papular skin eruption, which may lead to ulceration; some cases are caused by Onchocerca. * * * craw craw krȯ .krȯ n an itching skin disease produced by the larvae of the filarial worm causing… …
47Onchocerca — A genus of elongated filariform nematodes (family Onchocercidae) that inhabit the connective tissue of their hosts, usually within firm nodules in which these parasites are coiled and entangled. SYN: Oncocerca. [G. onkos, a barb, + kerkos, tail]… …
48onchocercoma — Nodule containing adult worms of Onchocera volvulus. [Onchocerca, taxonomic term, + oma] * * * on·cho·cer·co·ma kō mə n the subcutaneous nodule of onchocerciasis that contains encysted parasites * * * on·cho·cer·co·ma (ong″ko sər… …
49volvulosis — SYN: onchocerciasis. * * * vol·vu·lo·sis (vol″vu loґsis) onchocerciasis …
50Mazzotti Reaction — The Mazzotti reaction, first described in 1948, is a symptom complex seen in patients after undergoing treatment of onchocerciasis with the medication diethylcarbamazine (DEC). Mazzotti reactions can be life threatening, and are characterized by… …
