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Date1893
AuthorLeuckart
ContributionReported (per Manson) the presence of adult worms (Onchocerca) in subcutaneous nodules of human.
ReferenceGrove
NotesO. volvulus. The microfilariae cause skin damage and "river blindness."
CategoryCausation
Pathogen ClassHelminths

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