Taxonomy: s.f. Filarioidea
Animal: Onchocerca volvulus 04.jpg
Sites: Subcutaneous tissues
Comment:
Onchocera volvulus nodule digested. Adult worms live 9-11 years in these nodules called onchocercomas. Widely distrubuted throughout Central Africa and Central and South America; vector is a black fly, Simulium sp.
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