Ocular Onchocerciasis in Northern Ghana: a Treatment Survey.
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چکیده
DURING the years 1953-1955, the Medical Field Units of the Ministry of Health, Gold Coast (now Ghana), attempted to control ocular onchocerciasis in the Northern Territories by means of Antrypol (Suramin). A series of weekly injections of 1 g. was given to infested subjects for 5 weeks, with the object of eliminating the adult onchocercae. This scheme of treatment was initiated by Dr. B. B. Waddy, who was at that time Specialist Epidemiologist in charge of the Medical Field Units. However, in 1956, reports of alarming reactions to the treatment, in the form of generalized oedema or of exfoliative dermatitis, became so numerous that Dr. Waddy's successor, Dr. D. Scott, decided that it would be unwise to continue mass therapy until it could be determined:
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of ophthalmology
دوره 43 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1959