Pre-control relationship of onchocercal skin disease with onchocercal infection in Guinea Savanna, Northern Nigeria.
BACKGROUND:Onchocerca volvulus infection can result in blindness, itching and skin lesions. Previous research concentrated on blindness. METHODS:A clinical classification system of the cutaneous changes in onchocerciasis was used for the first time in this study within the context of an early iverme...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-03-01
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| Series: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5386293?pdf=render |