Onchocerciasis

See also:

• Health: Conditions and Diseases: Infectious Diseases: Vector Borne  (16)
• Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Animalia: Nematoda  (9)

BioMed Central: Onchocerciasis - - Full text article on treatment of the disease, including the use of tetracyclines to treat the rickettsia-like endosymbiont (Wolbachia) bacteria in the worms.

CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases - River Blindness - - Factsheet and press releases concerning the disease.

CDC Travelers' Health Information on Onchocerciasis (River Blindness) - - Brief information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

eMedicine - Onchocerciasis - - Article by Michael A Forgione, Jr, MD.

eMedicine - Onchocerciasis - - Article by Deborah Eezzuduemhoi, MD.

Global Partnership to Eliminate River Blindness - - Features disease information, contacts, programs, and history of the disease.

Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa - - Detailed information about the disease and eradication programs from the World Health Organization.

OnchoNet - - Offers a range of resources on onchocerciasis, the fourth leading cause of blindness worldwide.

Sight Savers International - River Blindness - - Information about the disease and its treatment.

WHO/OMS: Onchocerciasis - - Factsheets, programs, press releases, and research.

Elimination Of River Blindness 'Possible Within Ten Years' - - Article from allAfrica.com. (December 14, 2001)

River Blindness 'Breakthrough' - - River blindness, which affects about 17 million people, could be wiped out with antibiotics, say scientists. (June 7, 2000)