Onchocerciasis: The clinical and epidemiological burden of skin disease in Africa

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 283-296

  Murdoch, Michele E ^a   Asuzu, M C ^a   Hagan, M ^a   Makunde, W H ^a   Ngoumou, P ^a   Ogbuagu, K F ^a   Okello, D ^a   Ozoh, G ^a   Remme, J ^a  

^a WATFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; GHANA; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PRURITUS; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN NODULE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC;

NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 0036105763     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349802125000826     Document Type: Article

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