Asian Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Science
  • Year: 2011
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue: 2

River Blindness – An Eye Disorder

  • Author:
  • N.J. Merlin, Arya
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 39 to 41

Ezhuthachan College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Marayamuttom, Neyyattinkara, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

*Corresponding Author E-mail: merlinbinu76@yahoo.co.in

Online published on 5 June, 2014.

Abstract

Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness and Robles’ Disease, is a parasitic disease caused by infection by Onchocerca volvulus. Doxycycline and Ivermycetin are used to treat this disease.