River blindness or onchocerciasis is an eye and skin disease transmitted by repeated bites of Simulium type infected blackflies (that are commonly found around rivers and streams) causing symptoms ...

Onchocerca volvulus is a type of roundworm primarily found in sub-Saharan Africa. People can get these roundworms through the bites of the female blackflies in the Simulium genus. Male parasites ...

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The Galápagos archipelago is a vast reservoir of terrestrial and marine biodiversity, owing in large part to its relatively recent volcanic genesis and colonization by humans. This unique ecological ...