Onchocerciasis hyperendemic in the Unturan mountains: An extension of the endemic region in southern Venezuela

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 150-152

  Botto, Carlos ^a,b   Planchart, Sandra ^b   Martínez, Nahir ^a   Castro, Lydia ^c   Gelrud, Andrés ^b   Vivas, Livia ^b   Grillet, María Eugenia ^d  

^a CAICET   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c Upper Orinoco Health District   (Venezuela)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Onchocerca volvulus; Onchocerciasis; Southern Venezuela; Unturan mountains; Yanomamo

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROFILARIA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SKIN DEFECT; VENEZUELA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANIMAL; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; SEX RATIO;

ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; KERATITIS; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MIDDLE AGED; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0030611106     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90202-9     Document Type: Article

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