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Descriptor English:
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Onchocerca volvulus
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Onchocerca volvulus
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Onchocerca volvulus
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Tree Number:
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B01.500.500.294.700.750.700.300.510.850
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Definition English:
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A species of parasitic nematodes widely distributed throughout central Africa and also found in northern South America, southern Mexico, and Guatemala. Its intermediate host and vector is the blackfly or buffalo gnat. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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infection: coord IM with ONCHOCERCIASIS (IM); coord with specific helminth term (ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, etc) if pertinent; /drug eff: consider FILARICIDES
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History Note English:
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93
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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30634
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Unique Identifier:
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D017181
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Occurrence in VHL:
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