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The dull patch in a victim's eye shows where the parasitic worm transmitted by the black-fly's bite has caused irreparable damage. The only real answer to onchocerciasis is to wipe out the fly wherever there are human settlements

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
Deriaz, D, photographer
Language(s):
English
French
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
World Health Organization
Abstract:
Close-up of an eye. Verso: Who/18017. AFRO. Onchocerciasis. SM 10-1979.
Copyright:
WHO must be mentioned in accompanying text and/or given credit. This item may be under copyright protection. Please ask copyright owner for permission before publishing.
Copyright Holder:
World Health Organization; Source: Record; Research date: 20151020
Extent:
1 photoprint.
NLM Unique ID:
101437190 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A013882
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101437190