Onchocerciasis in Zambia: report of O. volvulus in a child and its differentiation from O. dukei in cattle |
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| Authors: | P C Beaver P R Hira B G Patel |
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| Institution: | 1. Dept. of Tropical Medicine, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA;2. Dept. of Pathology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia |
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| Abstract: | We report the finding of Onchocerca volvulus in a child in Zambia. This is the first such documented case in an indigenous person and represents perhaps the southernmost limit of the known occurrence of human onchocerciasis in Africa. The specific diagnosis was confirmed by the morphology of the adult worms and microfilariae in tissue sections. O. volvulus was differentiated from O. dukei, a similar species found in cattle from the same geographical locality, to exclude a zoonosis. |
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| Keywords: | Present address and for all correspondence: Dept of Microbiology Faculty of Medicine Kuwait University P O Box 24923 Safat Kuwait |
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