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onchocerciasis in pre-primary school children in nigeria: lessons for onchocerciasis country control programme.there is limited data on the prevalence of onchocerciasis in young children in nigeria, partly because treatment with the effective drug ivermectin has been contra-indicated in children less than 5. as the risk of complications of onchocerciasis is related to duration and intensity of infection, it would be beneficial to know the prevalence in young children for design of control programmes. a study was therefore undertaken to determine the prevalence of onchocerciasis in 642 children 0-4 years ...199910546837
results of a large scale onchocercosis survey in enugu state, nigeria.the prevalence of onchocercosis was determined in three local government areas (ezeagu, oji-river and uzo-uwani) in enugu state, eastern nigeria between march 1989 and june 1990. enugu state was shown to be mesoendemic for onchocercosis. a total of 7472 (26.9%) persons out of 27,831 examined were positive for skin microfilariae. there was no significant difference in infection rates between males (27.6%) and females (26.2%). of the 118 villages surveyed only five had no inhabitant with skin micr ...19947930458
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