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

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

Alternative Title

La dracunculose au Nigeria du nord 1971-1974

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Individual case notes, additional work sheets, further details of immunological assays and a laboratory notebook holding details of immunological findings are held in the archives of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

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Guinea worm; Nigeria; Morbidity; Arthritis; Immunology; Eradication

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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
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