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Onchocerca volvulus
	; O. volvulus, the causative agent of river blindness.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Nematoda;
Class:	Secernentea;
Order:	Spirurida;
Family:	Filariidae;
Genus:	Onchocerca;
Species:	O. volvulus;
Binomial name
	Onchocerca volvulus; Bickel 1982

Revision as of 21:18, 20 December 2012

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Kalsang Dolma, M.B.B.S.[2]

Synonyms and keywords: Onchocercosis; river blindness; Robles disease

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