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Onchocerca volvulus  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A species of parasitic nematodes widely distributed throughout central Africa and also found in northern South America, southern Mexico, and Guatemala. Its intermediate host and vector is the blackfly or buffalo gnat.

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  • txid6282

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-HZGPJS1J-L

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