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THE PATTERN OF DISEASES OF THE SKIN IN THE NIGERIAN GUINEA SAVANNA
Author(s) -
FEKETE ELIZABETH
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1978.tb06087.x
Subject(s) - scabies , medicine , new guinea , dermatology , veterinary medicine , pediatrics , ethnology , history
Eight thousand and thirteen patients were seen in dermatological clinics at Kaduna and Zaria in the Northern guinea savanna of Nigeria. Fungal infections were found in 1,224 cases arid scabies in 923 cases, of which 765 patients had secondary infections. Similar results were found in other surveys from Sub‐Saharan Africa.