Prevalence of Mansonella perstans infections among the nomadic fulanis of northern Nigeria

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-38

  Anosike, Jude C ^a   Dozie, Ikechukwu N S ^a   Onwuliri, Celestine O E ^b   Nwoke, Bertram E B ^a   Onwuliri, Vila A ^b  

^a IMO STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Elephantoid scrotum; Filariasis control programme; Itching; Mansonelliasis; Nomads; Pectoral pain; Periodic dizziness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANSONELLA PERSTANS; MICROFILARIA; NEMATODIASIS; NIGERIA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MANSONELLA; MANSONELLIASIS; MICROFILARIA; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

MANSONELLA PERSTANS;

EID: 21644449025     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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