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A probable case of vertical transmission of Onchocerca volvulus microfilariae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

J. C. Anosike  and
C. O. E. Onwuliri
J. C. Anosike
Affiliation:
Applied Entomology and Parasitology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria
C. O. E. Onwuliri
Affiliation:
Applied Entomology and Parasitology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria
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Abstract

A probable case of vertical transmission of Onchocerca volvulus microfilariae in Dass Bauchi State, Nigeria is presented. A 28-week-old male child delivered by a 39-year-old Fulani woman suffering from onchocerciasis was positive for O. volvulus microfilariae based on skin snip examinations. The child had general pruritic rash and intermittent fever. Although the child's skin snip on re-examination five weeks later was positive, the fever had gradually subsided.

Keywords

Onchocerca volvulusmicrofilariaevertical transmissionNigeriaNematoda
Type
Research Note
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 67 , Issue 1 , March 1993 , pp. 83 - 84
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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