Aspects épidémiologiques et répartition géographique de l'onchocercose en Afrique de l'Ouest francophone.
Year: 1982
Type: article
Abstract: J.-J. Picq & G. Remy — Epidemiological Aspects and Geographie Distribution of River-Blindness in French-Speaking West Africa. The disease occurs ail over the zone south of 15° N, its repartition foliowing the hydrologie network. Endemicity is in reverse proportion to the demographie importance of villages; there are few urban foci. River-blindness partly explains low human densities in valleys. There is no sure explanation of the higher infection rate in savannah areas since in the forest, etiological factors are the same.
Source: Cahiers d études africaines
Authors: Jean-Jacques Picq, Gérard Rémy
Language: French
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2062493908