Effects of nodulectomy in onchocerciasis in Ecuador

Guderian, R.H.

Tropical Medicine and Parasitology Official Organ of Deutsche Tropenmedizinische Gesellschaft and of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit 39(Suppl): 356-357

1988


ISSN/ISBN: 0177-2392
PMID: 3227239
Document Number: 320937
Nodulectomies were performed in a hypoendemic area on the Rio Santiago and in a hyperendemic area on the River Cayapas, Ecuador. All palpable nodules were removed. In the hypoendemic area the nodulectomies had a positive effect in reducing the intensity of infections and they contributed in the control of the advancement of the disease. In the hyperendemic area also a positive effect was observed but new nodules developed rapidly.

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