title: The epidemiology of pityriasis versicolor in Malawi, Africa.
abstract: During a total population survey in 1988 and 1989 in Karonga district, northern Malawi, 4915/61735 (8.0%) people examined were found to have extensive pityriasis versicolor (PV). An additional 6085 people (9.9%) were diagnosed as having mild disease. The highest prevalence rates of extensive and mild PV were found among subjects aged 15-24 years. In this age group between 20% and 25% of people had extensive PV. Rates were generally higher among males than among females. PV was rarely found in prepubertal subjects.
authors.affiliation: Vogtlandklinikum Plauen, Hautklinik, Germany.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pönnighaus
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Fine
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saul
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008295:Malawi / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D014010:Tinea Versicolor / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology