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River Blindness (Onchocerciasis)

GS II-Disease Researchers are exploring DNA barcoding techniques to enhance species-level identification of blackflies, the vectors responsible for spreading river blindness, with the aim of improving disease control measures. About River Blindness River blindness, medically known as onchocerciasis, is a parasitic disease triggered by the nematode Onchocerca volvulus. Mode of …

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