Onchocerciasis

Alternate Name:

Test:

Skin snip microscopy (+), B.eosinophils (Hj,antifilarial complement fixing antibodies (+), Mazzotti test (+)

Sign:

Dd:

Diabetes mellitus, uraemia, cirrhosis, eczema,other filariae

Phys:

Filarial infection of skin, eye and lymph nodes. Endemic in central Africa, Arabia and centralAmerica