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Descriptor English: Onchocerciasis, Ocular
Descriptor Spanish: Oncocercosis Ocular
Descriptor oncocercosis ocular
Entry term(s) ceguera de río
oncocerciasis ocular
Scope note: Filariasis de los ojos que se transmite de persona a persona a través de la picadura de moscas negras infectadas por Onchocerca volvulus. Las microfilarias de Onchocerca se depositan debajo de la piel. Luego migran a través de diversos tejidos, incluido el ojo. Las personas infectadas sufren trastornos visuales y hasta el 20 por ciento padecen ceguera. Se ha señalado que la incidencia de lesiones oculares en Centroamérica y en zonas de África es alta, llegando incluso al 30 por ciento.
Descriptor Portuguese: Oncocercose Ocular
Descriptor French: Onchocercose oculaire
Entry term(s): Blindness, River
Ocular Onchocerciases
Ocular Onchocerciasis
Onchocerciases, Ocular
River Blindness
Tree number(s): C01.610.300.562
C01.610.335.508.700.750.361.699.500
C01.920.891
C11.294.725.562
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015827
Scope note: Filarial infection of the eyes transmitted from person to person by bites of Onchocerca volvulus-infected black flies. The microfilariae of Onchocerca are thus deposited beneath the skin. They migrate through various tissues including the eye. Those persons infected have impaired vision and up to 20% are blind. The incidence of eye lesions has been reported to be as high as 30% in Central America and parts of Africa.
Annotation: coordinate with NEGLECTED DISEASES if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Eye Diseases or specifics (1966-1989)
Microfilaria (1967-1989)
Onchocerca (1966-1989)
Onchocerciasis (1966-1989)
Public MeSH Note: 90
History Note: 90
DeCS ID: 24813
Unique ID: D015827
NLM Classification: WW 160
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1989/05/26
Revision Date: 2012/07/03
Onchocerciasis, Ocular - Preferred
Concept UI M0024245
Scope note Filarial infection of the eyes transmitted from person to person by bites of Onchocerca volvulus-infected black flies. The microfilariae of Onchocerca are thus deposited beneath the skin. They migrate through various tissues including the eye. Those persons infected have impaired vision and up to 20% are blind. The incidence of eye lesions has been reported to be as high as 30% in Central America and parts of Africa.
Preferred term Onchocerciasis, Ocular
Entry term(s) Blindness, River
Ocular Onchocerciases
Ocular Onchocerciasis
Onchocerciases, Ocular
River Blindness



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