英语词汇“river blindness”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

river blindness

noun [mass noun]

A tropical skin disease caused by a parasitic filarial worm, transmitted by the bite of blackflies (Simulium damnosum) which breed in fast-flowing rivers. The larvae of the parasite can migrate into the eye and cause blindness. Also called onchocerciasis.

The worm is Onchocerca volvulus, class Phasmida.

Onchocerciasis, or river blindness affects more than 17 million people in Africa, Latin America, and Yemen....

Officials from the World Health Organization last week celebrated the elimination of onchocerciasis, or river blindness, as a public health threat in west Africa.
We are planting corn, rice or wheat, and we're also dealing with Guinea worm, and river blindness, and chistocymsis and tropical diseases.

单词	river blindness
释义	river blindness noun [mass noun] A tropical skin disease caused by a parasitic filarial worm, transmitted by the bite of blackflies (Simulium damnosum) which breed in fast-flowing rivers. The larvae of the parasite can migrate into the eye and cause blindness. Also called onchocerciasis. The worm is Onchocerca volvulus, class Phasmida. Onchocerciasis, or river blindness affects more than 17 million people in Africa, Latin America, and Yemen.... Officials from the World Health Organization last week celebrated the elimination of onchocerciasis, or river blindness, as a public health threat in west Africa. We are planting corn, rice or wheat, and we're also dealing with Guinea worm, and river blindness, and chistocymsis and tropical diseases.
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