Data from a study of Guinea worm infection in northern Nigeria, 1971-1974

Greenwood, B, Greenwood, A and Bradley, A. 2017. Data from a study of Guinea worm infection in northern Nigeria, 1971-1974. [Online]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.134.

Greenwood, B, Greenwood, A and Bradley, A. Data from a study of Guinea worm infection in northern Nigeria, 1971-1974 [Internet]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; 2017. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.134.

Greenwood, B, Greenwood, A and Bradley, A (2017). Data from a study of Guinea worm infection in northern Nigeria, 1971-1974. [Data Collection]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.134.

Description

This data collection contains: (a) a listing of the demographic and clinical features of 563 patients with guinea worm infection collected over a period of four years (1971-1974) in northern Nigeria; (b) summary tables of the clinical features of patients with guinea worm including those with arthritis; (c) a listing of the bacteria cultured from guinea worm ulcers, and (d) a listing of the antibiotics used or treatment of guinea worm.

Methods

Description of data capture

Data on the clinical features of patients with guinea worm was collected in the field on paper case reporting forms. Data summaries were then prepared using Excel spreadsheets. Immunological results were recorded in laboratory notebooks and summaries prepared in Excel spreadsheets prior to analysis. Comparisons between groups were made using chi squared and Students t tests.

Data capture method

Field observation: Participant, Lab observation

Data Collection Period

From	To
1971	1974

Date (Date submitted to LSHTM repository)

27 February 2017

Geographical area covered (offline during plugin upgrade)

North Latitude	East Longitude	South Latitude	West Longitude
12.1454	7.97607	11.6509	7.18506

Language(s) of written materials

English

People & Groups

Data Creators	Greenwood, B, Greenwood, A and Bradley, A
Associated roles	Damisah, M (Researcher) and Odulojo, K
LSHTM Faculty/Department	Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases > Dept of Disease Control
Participating Institutions	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Projects

Funders

Project	Funder	Grant Number	Funder URI
UNSPECIFIED	Medical Research Council	UNSPECIFIED	http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000265

Additional Information

Date Deposited	27 Feb 2017 16:15
Last Modified	15 Feb 2022 19:06
Publisher	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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Filename: Dataset.zip

Description: Excel spreadsheets containing study participant demographic & clinical details, worm emergence sites, definite & possible cases of guinea worm arthritis, microbiological findings from ulcers at the guinea worm emergence site & antibiotic treatments given

Licence: Data Sharing Agreement

Content type: Dataset

File size: 210kB

Mime-Type: application/x-zip

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