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Tinea capitis among rural school children of the district of Magude, in Maputo province, Mozambique
Author(s) -
Sidat Mohsin M.,
Correia Della,
Buene Titos P.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
mycoses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1439-0507
pISSN - 0933-7407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2006.01290.x
Subject(s) - tinea capitis , medicine , trichophyton , environmental health , rural district , rural area , microsporum , cross sectional study , geography , dermatology , socioeconomics , antifungal , pathology , sociology
Summary The study was carried out in two rural primary schools of the District of Magude, the largest district of Maputo Province in 2001. The prevalence of tinea capitis in each school was 11.6% (49/422) and 6.8% (18/263) and affected predominantly male children. The most common dermatophytes isolated from both schools were Microsporum audouinii . However, Trichophyton mentagrophytes was also found to be an important causal agent of tinea capitis in the District of Magude. Although the prevalence of tinea capitis found in our study is relatively high compared to previous cross‐sectional studies carried out in Mozambique, it is still closely related to the prevalence rates reported for African countries. Tinea capitis continues to be an important public health issue in Mozambique, particularly in primary school setting.