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River blindness is caused by a parasitic worm that lives under the skin - blindness is just one of the symptoms of this devastating human parasite.

Merck and Co. Inc., a large pharmaceutical company set a precedent by donating a drug to treat millions suffering from the onchocerciasis, or river blindness.

Travellers to remote and faraway destinations beware! A bizarre variety of diseases such as sleeping sickness and buruli ulcers are commonplace in third world countries.

A few drugs have been used for treating river blindness, but none so far has proved to be the answer to curing onchocerciasis and eradicating this parasitic disease.

In light of President Obama's recent executive order that shut down the prison camp at Guantanamo, experts are suggesting that the base be turned into a medical facility.

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The intestinal nematode Trichinella spiralis infects people through undercooked meat, causing trichinosis (or trichinellosis), a potentially life threatening illness.

Ascaris lumbricoides evolved with humans, and it lives in the intestines of millions of people. Large and active, it has inspired many tales and considerable folklore.

Gnathostoma spinigerum is a parasitic nematode of carnivores, especially dogs and cats, in Southeast Asia and Japan. It sometimes infects humans, causing gnathostomias.