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 iver...

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Autores principales: Murdoch, Michele E., Murdoch, Ian E., Evans, Jennifer, Yahaya, Haliru, Njepuome, Ngozi, Cousens, Simon, Jones, Barrie R., Abiose, Adenike
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5386293/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28355223
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005489

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5386293/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28355223
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005489

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