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Sex related prevalence of onchocerca skin diseases on different anatomical locations of residents of the Hawal river valley |
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| Forms |
*Location |
Shoulder & Neck |
Buttocks |
Lower Limbs |
Upper Limbs |
Abdomen &Trunk |
Backside |
**Others |
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| APOD |
53 |
42 |
115 |
125 |
26 |
34 |
21 |
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| CPOD |
87 |
99 |
50 |
36 |
60 |
50 |
39 |
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| LOD |
34 |
32 |
60 |
51 |
26 |
21 |
17 |
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| Males |
ATR |
22 |
33 |
31 |
26 |
23 |
14 |
0 |
n = 1346 |
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| DPM |
61 |
61 |
70 |
55 |
23 |
24 |
20 |
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| Total(%) |
257(19.1) |
267(19.8) |
326(24.2) |
294(21.8) |
158(11.7) |
143(10.6) |
97(7.2) |
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| APOD |
36 |
34 |
132 |
116 |
23 |
30 |
25 |
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| CPOD |
99 |
98 |
53 |
44 |
50 |
51 |
37 |
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| LOD |
28 |
27 |
42 |
30 |
19 |
17 |
14 |
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| Females |
ATR |
16 |
29 |
13 |
15 |
17 |
12 |
0 |
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| DPM |
52 |
54 |
63 |
46 |
22 |
19 |
20 |
n = 1212 |
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| Total(%) |
231(19.1) |
242(20.0) |
303(25.0) |
249(20.5) |
131(10.8) |
129(10.6) |
96(7.9) |
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| Both sexes |
APOD |
89 |
76 |
247 |
241 |
49 |
64 |
46 |
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| CPOD |
186 |
197 |
103 |
80 |
110 |
101 |
76 |
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| LOD |
62 |
59 |
102 |
81 |
45 |
38 |
31 |
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| ATR |
38 |
62 |
44 |
41 |
40 |
26 |
0 |
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| DPM |
114 |
116 |
133 |
101 |
45 |
43 |
40 |
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| Total(%) |
489(19.1) |
510(19.9) |
629(24.6) |
544(21.3) |
289(11.3) |
272(10.6) |
193(7.5) |
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*Multiple location of single cases encountered. **Head, face and chest. APOD = Acute Papular Onchocerca Dermatitis. CPOD = Chronic Papular Onchocerca Dermatitis. LOD = Lichenified Onchocerca Dermatitis. ATR = Atrophy. DPM = Depigmentation | ||||||||||
Okoye and Onwuliri Filaria Journal 2007 6:15 doi:10.1186/1475-2883-6-15 |
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