Prevalence of Onchocerca volvulus among apparently healthy population in Adamawa-north senatorial zone
Ahmed Usman,
Tanko Mohammed,
Seni Barka
et al.
Abstract:Onchocerciasis is one of the tropical neglected diseases that is still prevalent in Nigeria. The disease is of considerable socio-economic and public health importance with a lot of implications. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of human onchocerciasis in five communities of the Northern Senatorial District of Adamawa State, Nigeria. A total of 629 study subjects were randomly selected and enrolled for the study. Skin snip and venous blood were collected from 196 and 433 study subjects r… Show more
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