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The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1955
Summary and Conclusions 1. Subcutaneous nodules were palpated on 469 or 19.4 per cent of 2,423 laborers on the Firestone Plantation in Liberia. Approximately 90 per cent of these nodules were located in the pelvic region. 2. Microfilariae were demonstrated in 278 or 39.9 per cent of 696 Africans examined by both skin biopsy and scarification smears ...
T A, BURCH, D M, QUALLS, H J, GREENVILLE
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Summary and Conclusions 1. Subcutaneous nodules were palpated on 469 or 19.4 per cent of 2,423 laborers on the Firestone Plantation in Liberia. Approximately 90 per cent of these nodules were located in the pelvic region. 2. Microfilariae were demonstrated in 278 or 39.9 per cent of 696 Africans examined by both skin biopsy and scarification smears ...
T A, BURCH, D M, QUALLS, H J, GREENVILLE
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Archives of Dermatology, 1984
A 15-year-old boy with onchocerciasis had severe generalized pruritus of five months' duration. He had been born and raised in Ethiopia and had emigrated to Israel one year earlier. A biopsy specimen of an area of depigmentation on the right thigh disclosed microfilaria of Onchocerca volvulus in the dermis.
D, Rozenman, M, Kremer, F, Zuckerman
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A 15-year-old boy with onchocerciasis had severe generalized pruritus of five months' duration. He had been born and raised in Ethiopia and had emigrated to Israel one year earlier. A biopsy specimen of an area of depigmentation on the right thigh disclosed microfilaria of Onchocerca volvulus in the dermis.
D, Rozenman, M, Kremer, F, Zuckerman
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International Journal of Dermatology, 1987
ABSTRACT: Onchocerciasis was diagnosed when a skin biopsy specimen immersed in saline revealed microfiliariae. The patient was a 22‐year‐old student from Cameroon, West Africa, complaining of small, recurrent, pruritic papules on his thighs. Chemotherapy with ivermectin, an established anti‐parasitic agent with newly recognized anti‐onchocercal ...
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ABSTRACT: Onchocerciasis was diagnosed when a skin biopsy specimen immersed in saline revealed microfiliariae. The patient was a 22‐year‐old student from Cameroon, West Africa, complaining of small, recurrent, pruritic papules on his thighs. Chemotherapy with ivermectin, an established anti‐parasitic agent with newly recognized anti‐onchocercal ...
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Onchocerciasis and Dracunculosis
Dermatologic Clinics, 1989Onchocerciasis is a disease of Africa and Central and South America. It produces severe skin disease and is a leading cause of blindness worldwide. Dracunculosis infection, caused by the guinea worm Dracunculosis medinensis, occurs in tropical Africa.
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The Immunology of Onchocerciasis
International Journal of Dermatology, 1985Etude de l'antigenicite du parasite et du vecteur.
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Moxidectin: an oral treatment for human onchocerciasis
Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy, 2020María-Gloria Basáñez +2 more
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Case definitions for onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy and nodding syndrome: A focused review
Seizure: the Journal of the British Epilepsy Association, 2023Robert Colebunders +2 more
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