river blindness in English
noun
1
a tropical skin disease caused by a parasitic filarial worm, transmitted by the bite of blackflies ( Simulium damnosum ) that breed in fast-flowing rivers. The larvae of the parasite can migrate into the eye and cause blindness.
Onchocerciasis, or river blindness affects more than 17 million people in Africa, Latin America, and Yemen.
noun
onchocerciasis
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1. Blackflies carry river blindness
2. Another million or so suffer from onchocerciasis, or river blindness.
3. 25 Even less money would be needed to counter river blindness, which is still the scourge of millions.