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Onchocerca volvulus, the filarial parasite worm causing "river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans
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蟠尾絲蟲 蟠尾丝虫 [pan2 wei3 si1 chong2] /Onchocerca volvulus, the filarial parasite worm causing "river blindness" or onchocerciasis, the second most common cause of blindness in humans/

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