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Ophthalmology Ocular Manifestations df87620b

River blindness is caused by :

A
Drinking river water without boiling.
B
Oncocerca volvulus
C
Toxoplasma canis
D
Glaucoma
High-Yield Explanation
Ans. is 'b' i.e. Onchocerca volvulus Onchocerca volvulus is transmitted by Simulium damnosum, a black fly* that breeds in areas of rapidly flowing streams thus the term 'river blindness9T/t by Ivermectin*

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