[Microfilaruria and ocular onchocerciasis (author's transl)].
A study of the relationship between microfilaruria and onchocercal eye lesions has been carried out among 619 persons in 5 villages of North Benin. There is evidence of a significant relationship between microfilaruria and irreversible eye lesions in men aged 15-34 years. The association of microfilaruria with high numbers of microfilariae in the anterior segment of the eye occurs more in older men.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000469:parasitology; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008842:Microfilariae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008875:Middle Aged; D009854:Onchocerca / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009855:Onchocerciasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000652:urine; D012737:Sex Factors
Microfilarurie et lesions ocularies onchocerquiennes.