Onchocercosis Mansonella co-infection presenting as a subcutaneous nodule in a child

Fetal and Pediatric Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-53

  Davies, John Q ^a   Cohen, Marta C ^a   Shackley, Fiona ^a   Clarke, Tim C ^b   Page, Richard E ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Sheffield Bone Meta Multidisc Team   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mansonella; Onchocerciasis; Onchocercoma; Pathology; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; EUROPE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; LOA LOA; MANSONELLA PERSTANS; MICROFILARIA; MICROSCOPY; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; TERATOMA;

ANIMALS; CHILD; DERMOID CYST; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMANS; MANSONELLA; MANSONELLIASIS; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34447123226     PISSN: 15513815     EISSN: 15513823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15513810701394793     Document Type: Article

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