Onchocerciasis causes

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Overview

Onchocerca volvulus is a nematode that causes onchocerciasis mostly in Africa. Onchocerca volvulus, along with most filarial nematodes, share an endosymbiotic relationship with the bacterium Wolbachia. In the absence of Wolbachia, larval development of the O. volvulus is disrupted or ceased.

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