[Onchocerciasis infection following temporary stay in endemic areas].
We report the clinical picture of an European female patient, who suffered from Onchocercosis after a 4 year stay in endemic areas in Africa. The diagnosis was based on repeated skin-snips. Despite two courses of systemic chemotherapy, initial corneal changes could be observed as peripheral superficial stroma infiltrations.
Steinhorst
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Univ. Augenklinik Hamburg.
Mehlhorn
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D000328:Adult; D002163:Cameroon; D003319:Corneal Stroma / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015827:Onchocerciasis, Ocular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission; D014195:Travel