| Literature DB >> 1088518 |
U K Brinkmann, P Krämer, G T Presthus, B Sawadogo.
Abstract
Skin snips from newborn children and biopsy material from the umbilical cord and placenta of their mothers were examined. Microfilariae of O. volvulus were found in the skin of 2 out of 11 babies and in the umbilical cords of 2 out of 11 babies born to ten mothers infected with O. volvulus in Bawku Hospital, Ghana.Entities:
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Year: 1976 PMID: 1088518 PMCID: PMC2366585
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bull World Health Organ ISSN: 0042-9686 Impact factor: 9.408