Onchocerca volvulus emerging from a black fly

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United States Department of Agriculture

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Adult Black Fly (Simulium yahense) with (Onchocerca volvulus) emerging from the insect's antenna. The parasite is responsible for the disease known as en:River Blindness in Africa. Sample was chemically fixed and critical point dried, then observed using conventional scanning electron microscopy.

Magnified 100X.

(SEM) Plate #04999.

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