Bodadiougou village, Toumousseni district, Banfora, Cascades Region, Burkina Faso, 4th December 2016; Yacouba Siri, volunteer blackfly catcher at the fast-flowing Comoe river where blackfly that carry the Onchosirciasis parasite like to breed.

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Bodadiougou village, Toumousseni district, Banfora, Cascades Region, Burkina Faso, 4th December 2016; Yacouba Siri, volunteer blackfly catcher at Comoe river with blackfly he has just caught. River blindness, or onchocerciasis, is a parasitic infection spread by blackflies that live near fast-flowing rivers. It causes severe skin irritation, itching and, eventually, irreversible blindness.

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