Detailed information about the disease and eradication programs from the World Health Organization.

Stowaway bacteria inside parasitic worms, and not the worms themselves, cause river blindness, according to new research.

Brief information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Information about the disease and its treatment.

River blindness, which affects about 17 million people, could be wiped out with antibiotics, say scientists.

Article by Michael A Forgione, Jr, MD.

Factsheet and press releases concerning the disease.

Factsheets, programs, press releases, and research.

Features disease information, contacts, programs, and history of the disease.

Offers a range of resources on onchocerciasis, the fourth leading cause of blindness worldwide.

Article by Deborah Eezzuduemhoi, MD.

Full text article on treatment of the disease, including the use of tetracyclines to treat the rickettsia-like endosymbiont (Wolbachia) bacteria in the worms.

Article from allAfrica.com.