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eMedicine -
Onchocerciasis -
Article by Deborah Eezzuduemhoi, MD.
http://www.emedicine.com/oph/topic709.htm eMedicine -
Onchocerciasis -
Article by Michael A Forgione, Jr, MD.
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1667.htm
Global Partnership to Eliminate
River Blindness -
Features disease information, contacts, programs, and
history of the disease.
http://www.worldbank.org/gper/Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West
Africa -
Detailed information about the disease and eradication programs
from the World Health Organization.
http://www.who.int/ocp/
OnchoNet -
Offers a range of resources on onchocerciasis, the fourth
leading cause of blindness worldwide.
http://www.science.smith.edu/
Sight Savers International - River Blindness -
Information about the
disease and its treatment.
http://www.sightsavers.org.uk/html/savingsight/treatments/river.htm
WHO/OMS:
Onchocerciasis -
Factsheets, programs, press releases, and research.
http://www.who.int/health-topics/oncho.htmBacteria Cause
River Blindness -
Stowaway bacteria inside parasitic worms, and not the
worms themselves, cause river blindness, according to new research.
(March 8, 2002)
http://www.nature.com/
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