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Onchocerca volvulus is a parasitic worm that causes "river blindness," the world's second leading infectious cause of blindness. It can live up to 15 years in the human body and is transmitted by the bite of the black fly. The worms spread throughout the body, and when they die, they cause intense itching and an immune response that can destroy tissue, such as eye tissue.

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