Onchocerciasis, an undiagnosed disease in Mozambique: Identifying research opportunities

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Noormahomed, Emilia V ^a,b,c   Akrami, Kevan ^b   Mascaró Lazcano, Carmen ^d  

^a EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c Lúrio University   (Mozambique)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Leprosy; Mozambique; Onchocerca volvulus; Onchocerciasis; Scabies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; RESEARCH; SCABIES; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NODULE; BIOPSY; LEPROSY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATHOLOGY; SKIN;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; LEPROSY; MOZAMBIQUE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SCABIES; SKIN;

EID: 85007483078     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-016-1468-7     Document Type: Article

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