Onchocerciasis is an endemic discase in west africa and central america .

盘尾丝虫病是西部非洲和中美洲的一种地方病.

Lecture 16 : community participation in onchocerciasis : a case study .

第16讲：社区参与对抗盘尾丝虫病：案例研究。

But it also kills several tropical parasites , including the mosquito-borne ones that cause lymphatic filariasis-a disease also called elephantiasis for the horribly swollen limbs suffered by patients-and those carried by black flies that cause onchocerciasis , or river blindness .

可是,该药还可以杀死好几种回归寄生虫,包孕由蚊虫流传的、导致淋巴象皮病的寄生虫以及黑蝇流传的、导致盘尾象皮病(也称为河盲)的寄生虫。

By the year 2000 , to effectively control onchocerciasis ( river blindness ) and leprosy .

2000年以前有效控制盘尾丝虫病(河盲症)和麻风病。

Monkeypox , onchocerciasis and african trypanosomiasis are endemic in the region , and epidemic-prone diseases include measles and meningitis .

猴痘、盘尾丝虫病和非洲锥虫病在该地区呈地方性流行，易流行的疾病包括麻疹和脑膜炎。