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Babana Parasitic Diseases Project. II. Prevalence and impact of dracontiasis in Babana district, Kwara State, Nigeria

An epidemiological survey of dracontiasis conducted in Babana district, Kwara State, Nigeria revealed that of 669 subjects examined in the three communities where active transmission occurred, 366 (54.7%) were infected. Multiple infections were common (85.1%) and the frequency of severe incapacitation was correspondingly high (55.5%), especially among the economically productive adults of whom about 70% were disabled. Whereas the infection rate was 37.9% among 190 children under 10 years of age examined, it was significantly higher (61.4%) among 479 older subjects (P less than 0.001). 188 (57.…

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Source	OpenAlex research
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Date	1983-01-01
Type	article
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Found at	https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(83)90149-9
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Record ID	`openalex:W2151716625`

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Babana Parasitic Diseases Project. II. Prevalence and impact of dracontiasis in Babana district, Kwara State, Nigeria. OpenAlex research, 1983. Vero Archive, record openalex:W2151716625.