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Onchocerca

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Secernentea

Family
  
Onchocercidae

Phylum
  
Nematoda

Order
  
Spirurida

Genus
  
Onchocerca

Onchocerca

Onchocerca is a genus of parasitic roundworm. It contains one human parasite - Onchocerca volvulus - which is responsible for the neglected disease Onchocerciasis, also known as "River Blindness" because the infected humans tend to live near rivers where host black flies live. Over 40 million people are infected in Africa, Central America, and South America. Other species affect cattle, horses, etc.

List of species

  • Onchocerca armillata
  • Onchocerca cervicalis
  • Onchocerca dukei
  • Onchocerca fasciata
  • Onchocerca flexuosa
  • Onchocerca gibsoni
  • Onchocerca gutturosa
  • Onchocerca jakutensis
  • Onchocerca linealis
  • Onchocerca lupi
  • Onchocerca ochengi
  • Onchocerca ramachandrini
  • Onchocerca tubingensis
  • Onchocerca volvulus
  • References

    Onchocerca Wikipedia