Tinea capitis in schoolchildren from Ivory Coast (western Africa). A 1998 - 1999 cross-sectional study

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 204-207

  Ménan, Eby Ignace Hervé ^a   Zongo Bonou, Odette ^a   Rouet, François ^a   Kiki Barro, Pulchérie Christiane ^b   Yavo, Williams ^c   Névabi, N'Guessan François ^d   Koné, Moussa ^e  

^a DIVISION OF REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Australia)

^d College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering ^*  (China)

^e NONE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXIMIDE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AGE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPORUM; MICROSPORUM LANGERONII; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCALP; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON SOUDANENSE; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STUDENTS; TINEA CAPITIS;

EID: 0036272033     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2002.01456.x     Document Type: Article

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