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This photomicrograph depicts a glycerine mount, revealing the presence of the microfilarial pathogen, Onchocerca volvulus, in its larval form. O. volvulus is the filarial parasite responsible for causing the disease, onchocerciasis, or river blindness, and is transmitted to its human host through the bite of Simulium spp. of flies, including the black fly.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Ladene Newton
Creation Date: 1975
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