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BioMed Central: Onchocerciasis - http://www.biomedcentral.com/1523-3820/4/327
Full text article on treatment of the disease, including the use of tetracyclines to treat the rickettsia-like endosymbiont (Wolbachia) bacteria in the worms.

CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases - River Blindness - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/onchocerciasis/
Factsheet and press releases concerning the disease.

Elimination Of River Blindness 'Possible Within Ten Years' - http://allafrica.com/stories/200112150001.html
Article from allAfrica.com.

eMedicine - Onchocerciasis - http://www.emedicine.com/oph/topic709.htm
Article by Deborah Eezzuduemhoi, MD.

eMedicine - Onchocerciasis - http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1667.htm
Article by Michael A Forgione, Jr, MD.

Global Partnership to Eliminate River Blindness - http://www.worldbank.org/gper/
Features disease information, contacts, programs, and history of the disease.

OnchoNet - http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/SWILLIAM/OnchoNet/OnchoNet.html
Offers a range of resources on onchocerciasis, the fourth leading cause of blindness worldwide.

River Blindness 'Breakthrough' - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/779698.stm
River blindness, which affects about 17 million people, could be wiped out with antibiotics, say scientists.

Sight Savers International - River Blindness - http://www.sightsavers.org.uk/What We Do/Eye Conditions/River Blindness/World1622.html
Information about the disease and its treatment.

WHO/OMS: Onchocerciasis - http://www.who.int/topics/onchocerciasis/en/
Factsheets, programs, press releases, and research.

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