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 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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