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   Onchocerciasis

• eMedicine - Onchocerciasis (Site) - Article by Deborah Eezzuduemhoi, MD.
• Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa (Site) - Detailed information about the disease and eradication programs from the World Health Organization.
• CDC Travelers' Health Information on Onchocerciasis (River Blindness) (Site) - Brief information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases - River Blindness (Site) - Factsheet and press releases concerning the disease.
• eMedicine - Onchocerciasis (Site) - Article by Michael A Forgione, Jr, MD.
• OnchoNet (Site) - Offers a range of resources on onchocerciasis, the fourth leading cause of blindness worldwide.
• WHO/OMS: Onchocerciasis (Site) - Factsheets, programs, press releases, and research.
• BioMed Central: Onchocerciasis (Site) - Full text article on treatment of the disease, including the use of tetracyclines to treat the rickettsia-like endosymbiont (Wolbachia) bacteria in the worms.
• Global Partnership to Eliminate River Blindness (Site) - Features disease information, contacts, programs, and history of the disease.
• Sight Savers International - River Blindness (Site) - Information about the disease and its treatment.

• eMedicine - Onchocerciasis (Site) - Article by Deborah Eezzuduemhoi, MD.
• Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa (Site) - Detailed information about the disease and eradication programs from the World Health Organization.
• CDC Travelers' Health Information on Onchocerciasis (River Blindness) (Site) - Brief information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases - River Blindness (Site) - Factsheet and press releases concerning the disease.
• eMedicine - Onchocerciasis (Site) - Article by Michael A Forgione, Jr, MD.
• OnchoNet (Site) - Offers a range of resources on onchocerciasis, the fourth leading cause of blindness worldwide.
• WHO/OMS: Onchocerciasis (Site) - Factsheets, programs, press releases, and research.
• BioMed Central: Onchocerciasis (Site) - Full text article on treatment of the disease, including the use of tetracyclines to treat the rickettsia-like endosymbiont (Wolbachia) bacteria in the worms.
• Global Partnership to Eliminate River Blindness (Site) - Features disease information, contacts, programs, and history of the disease.
• Sight Savers International - River Blindness (Site) - Information about the disease and its treatment.
• River Blindness 'Breakthrough' () - River blindness, which affects about 17 million people, could be wiped out with antibiotics, say scientists.
• Elimination Of River Blindness 'Possible Within Ten Years' () - Article from allAfrica.com.