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  • Title: Eye lesions and onchocerciasis in a rural farm settlement in Delta State, Nigeria.
    Author: Goddey NO, Oladokun OA, Andy E, Emmanuel O.
    Journal: J Commun Dis; 2001 Sep; 33(3):185-91. PubMed ID: 12206038.
    Abstract:
    Between December 1999 and September 2000, an investigation on 326 inhabitants who voluntarily participated in screening for eye lesions and onchocerciasis in a rural farm settlement in Aniocha North local government area of Delta State, Nigeria was carried out. Microfilariae were reported in the skin tissues of 134 (41.1%) inhabitants. Of these, males had more microfiladermia (49.9%) than their female counterparts (33.3%). The percentage prevalence of the clinical signs of onchocerciasis in the farm settlement was hanging groin 14.1%, onchocercal nodules 25.1%, onchocercal dermatitis 27.6% and scrotal enlargement 3.7%. The percentage prevalence of the eye lesions among the onchocerciasis infected inhabitants was cataract 7.4%, glaucoma 3.7%, optic atrophy 0.6% and uveitis 18 (5.5%). Impaired vision occurred among 80 (24.5%) inhabitants and blindness was reported among 2 (0.6%) inhabitants.
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