Some observations on the presence of microfilariae in the anterior chamber of the eye on onchocerciasis.

: Observation of a patient presenting 34 microfilariae in the anterior chamber of one eye, with negative biopsies, two small nodules and punctiform onchocercosis keratitis elementary microlesions. The patient has been observed five times during more than one hour each time. The author reviews the results of different surveys he has carried out in America and Africa, and which showed that the presence of microfilariae in the anterior chamber of the eye did not seem to forebode severe ocular lesions.