title: Transmission in utero of microfilariae of Onchocerca volvulus.
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.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005869:Ghana; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D008842:Microfilariae; D009855:Onchocerciasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012867:Skin / Q000469:parasitology; D014470:Umbilical Cord / Q000469:parasitology