Parasites - Onchocerciasis (also known as River Blindness)

Image: Left/Right: Blackflies, the vector of onchocerciasis. Center: Microfilariae of O. volvulus from a skin nodule of a patient from Zambia, stained with H&E. Image taken at 1000x oil magnification. Credit: WHOExternal
Page last reviewed: August 10, 2015
Content source: Global Health, Division of Parasitic Diseases