Results 181 to 190 of about 11,845 (228)
Some of the next articles are maybe not open access.
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
openaire +2 more sources
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
openaire +2 more sources
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
openaire +2 more sources
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
openaire +2 more sources
Drugs, 1996
Onchocerciasis ('river blindness') has for several centuries been the scourge of people living in certain areas of the world where the disease is endemic. The treatment available up to 10 years ago, diethylcarbamazine, had very severe secondary effects.
Y, Van Laethem, C, Lopes
openaire +2 more sources
Onchocerciasis ('river blindness') has for several centuries been the scourge of people living in certain areas of the world where the disease is endemic. The treatment available up to 10 years ago, diethylcarbamazine, had very severe secondary effects.
Y, Van Laethem, C, Lopes
openaire +2 more sources
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.
openaire +2 more sources
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 ...
M J, Maso +5 more
openaire +2 more sources
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 ...
M J, Maso +5 more
openaire +2 more sources
The Immunology of Onchocerciasis
International Journal of Dermatology, 1985Etude de l'antigenicite du parasite et du vecteur.
openaire +2 more sources