Onchocerciasis causes: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
''Onchocerca volvulus'' is a nematode that causes onchocerciasis mostly in Africa. ''Onchocerca volvulus'', along with most filarial [[nematode]]s, share an [[endosymbiotic]] relationship with the bacterium ''[[Wolbachia]]''. In the absence of ''Wolbachia'', larval development of the ''O. volvulus'' is disrupted or ceased. | ''Onchocerca volvulus'' is a [[nematode]] that causes onchocerciasis mostly in Africa. ''Onchocerca volvulus'', along with most filarial [[nematode]]s, share an [[endosymbiotic]] relationship with the bacterium ''[[Wolbachia]]''. In the absence of ''Wolbachia'', larval development of the ''O. volvulus'' is disrupted or ceased. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 15:47, 21 December 2012
|
Onchocerciasis Microchapters |
|
Diagnosis |
|---|
|
Treatment |
|
Case Studies |
|
Onchocerciasis causes On the Web |
|
American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Onchocerciasis causes |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Kalsang Dolma, M.B.B.S.[2]
Overview
Onchocerca volvulus is a nematode that causes onchocerciasis mostly in Africa. Onchocerca volvulus, along with most filarial nematodes, share an endosymbiotic relationship with the bacterium Wolbachia. In the absence of Wolbachia, larval development of the O. volvulus is disrupted or ceased.