Eye lesions and onchocerciasis in a rural farm settlement in delta state, Nigeria

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 185-191

  Goddey, Nmorsi Onyebiguwa Patrick ^a  

^a AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS, OCULAR; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0035453181     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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