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Clinical and parasitological aspects of itching caused by onchocerciasis in Morogoro, Tanzania

Abstract

A clinical and parasitological assessment of onchodermatitis was conducted in a rural area of Morogoro district, Tanzania. The study population consisted of 1005 individuals aged S 5 years: 749 from a hyper-endemic community and 256 from a hypo-endemic. The prevalence