title: Onchocerciasis and the skin.
abstract: In areas of low prevalence of onchocerciasis, and in persons with low intensities of infection, the skin manifastations are of more frequent occurrence and of greater importance than the ocular complications. In addition to pruritus and erythema around the site of the bites, depigmentation of characteristic appearance is common.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004175:Diptera; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors; D008297:Male; D009855:Onchocerciasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy / Q000635:transmission; D010859:Pigmentation Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic