Epidemiology of dermatophytoses in a rural community in Eastern Nigeria and review of literature from Africa

Mycopathologia

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 149-158

  Ngwogu, Ada C ^a   Otokunefor, Tosanwumi Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Dermatophytoses; Microsporum ferrugineum; Rural primary school pupils; Tinea capitis; Trichophyton soudanense; Trichophyton tonsurans

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DEUTEROMYCETES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LITERATURE; MALE; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE;

ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMA GYPSEUM; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; MICROSPORUM; MICROSPORUM AUDOUINII; MICROSPORUM FERRUGINEUM; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM; TRICHOPHYTON SOUDANENSE; TRICHOPHYTON TONSURANS;

EID: 34548548523     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-007-9038-3     Document Type: Article

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