Possible transplacental transmission of Onchocerca volvulus.
In a recent epidemiological study on onchocerciasis on the lower Jos Plateau in Nigeria, a 7-month-old baby delivered by a mother suffering from onchocerciasis showed early clinical signs of the disease: pruritus was present all over the body. The infant's skin snip on incubation revealed microfilariae of Onchocerca volvulus. These findings were confirmed 3 months later when the child was re-examined. No onchocercal nodule was found, but pruritus persisted.
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Parasitology Division, Nigerian Institute for Trypanosomiasis Research, Vom.
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009549:Nigeria; D009855:Onchocerciasis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000635:transmission; D011247:Pregnancy; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Q000151:congenital* / Q000635:transmission