Onchocerciasis among Ethiopian immigrants in Israel

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 485-488

  Enk, Claes D ^a   Anteby, Irene ^a   Abramson, Nitza ^b   Amer, Radgonde ^a   Amit, Yair ^d   Bergshtein Kronhaus, Tamar ^b   Cohen, Evelyne ^a   Greenberg, Zalman ^c   Jonas, Flory ^a   Maayan, Shlomo ^a   Marva, Esther ^c   Strauss, Uri ^d   BenEzra, David ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Jerusalem District Health Office   (Israel)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^d MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ethiopian immigrants; Eye manifestations; Israel; Onchocerciasis; Onchodermatitis

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; DISEASES; SKIN;

EYE MANIFESTATIONS;

PATIENT MONITORING;

IVERMECTIN; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOROID DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; DEPIGMENTATION; DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ETHIOPIA; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; ISRAEL; LENS DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; RETINA DISEASE; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; ANIMAL; ETHNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NOTE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DISEASE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHIOPIA; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MIDDLE AGED; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0041402657     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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