Historical Bibliography Updated: May 9, 2020
On the presence of a Filaria in “craw-craw”.
Publication Details
Lancet, 1, 265-66. 1875 CE.
In 1874, while examining skin snips from craw-craw patients in Ghana, during his service on the H. M. S. Decoy, the Irish surgeon O’Neill discovered the subcutaneous microfilaria. This was the earliest known visual identification of the O. volvulus parasite, fifty years before the worm was linked with blindness (onchocerciasis). In May 2015 O'Neill's paper could be read at this link.
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Thematic Classifications
COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › GhanaINFECTIOUS DISEASE › DISEASES DUE TO METAZOAN PARASITESINFECTIOUS DISEASE › VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES › Black Fly-Borne DiseasesINFECTIOUS DISEASE › VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES › Black Fly-Borne Diseases › Onchocerciasis (river blindness)OPHTHALMOLOGY › Ophthalmic ParasitologyPARASITOLOGY › Helminths › Parasitic Worms › Filaria
| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
|---|---|
| Entry Number | #5344.10 |
| Permanent Link | https://hom-sveltekit.fly.dev/entry/6790 |
| External URL | on-the-presence-of-a-filaria-in-crawcraw |