The pathogenesis of chorioretinal disease in onchocerciasis

The pathogenesis of onchocercal chorioretinopathy is poorly understood. In this article, Philip Cooper, Ronald Guderian, Roberto Proaño and David Taylor discuss the important clinical, histological and epidemiological features of the resulting lesions that cause blindness, and review the numerous me...

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Published inParasitology Today Vol. 13; no. 3; pp. 94 - 98
Main Authors Cooper, P.J., Guderian, R.H., Proaño, R., Taylor, D.W.
Format Book Review Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier B.V 01.03.1997
Elsevier
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Diseases caused by nematodes
Filariases
Helminthic diseases
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Onchocercosis
Parasitic diseases
Tropical medicine
Human
Skin disease
Retinopathy
Pathogenesis
Uvea disease
Parasitosis
Review
Helminthiasis
Onchocerciasis
Infection
Eye disease
Nematode disease
Filariosis
Chorioretinopathy
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Summary:The pathogenesis of onchocercal chorioretinopathy is poorly understood. In this article, Philip Cooper, Ronald Guderian, Roberto Proaño and David Taylor discuss the important clinical, histological and epidemiological features of the resulting lesions that cause blindness, and review the numerous mechanisins that have been put forward to explain its pathogenesis. The pathogenesis of anterior segment disease, particulary sclerosing keratitis, has been reviewed in depth previously 1 and will not be discussed here.
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ISSN:0169-4758
1873-1473
DOI:10.1016/S0169-4758(97)01005-3