Original research paperEye lesions, blindness and visual impairment in the Taraba river valley, Nigeria and their relation to onchocercal microfilariae in skin
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2023, Trends in ParasitologyCitation Excerpt :Prior to the implementation of onchocerciasis control programmes, the prevalence of onchocerciasis-related blindness in onchocerciasis hyperendemic regions was very high. For example, in 1989–1990, more than 10% of the population was blind and 16.1% had vision impairment in certain villages in the Taraba River Valley, Nigeria [37]. In the presence of such an important public health problem caused by onchocerciasis-related blindness and in the absence of clinicians to diagnose seizure disorders in these remote areas, an epilepsy problem among children and adolescents may have gone unnoticed.
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