This image shows young children in West Africa leading blind adults. The first symptom of disease is generalized itching with inflammatory papules, nodules, and plaques. The etiology of the blindness can be seen on slit-lamp examination:
Challenge: What's this disease seen commonly in endemic populations but rarely in travelers?
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river blidnness?
Another parasit question for the veterinarians who sit through interminable parasit lectures! I'm thinking this is onchocerciasis/river blindness.
yes! nice call guys...this was definitely a hard one
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Blind Leading the Blind
This is onchocerciasis, also called river blindness, caused by the filiarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus. It is transmitted by the blackfly vector that breeds near fast-flowing streams and rivers. Slit-lamp exam shows microfilariae in the anterior chamber; the image shows punctate keratitis with dead microfilariae.
Sources: UpToDate; Wikipedia.
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