Pre-control relationship of onchocercal skin disease with onchocercal infection in Guinea Savanna, Northern Nigeria.

• Main Authors: Michele E Murdoch (Author), Ian E Murdoch (Author), Jennifer Evans (Author), Haliru Yahaya (Author), Ngozi Njepuome (Author), Simon Cousens (Author), Barrie R Jones (Author), Adenike Abiose (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...