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Onchocerciasis
  Introduction
  Infection
       Summary
       Acquisition
       Immuno-suppression
       Infection rate
  Nodules
       Summary
       Nodule formation
       Palpation
       Prevalence
       Data
  Infectious larvae
  Microfilariae
       Summary
       Reproduction
  Diagnosis
       Summary
       Palpation
  Regulation
       Summary
       Biology
       Data
       Eradicability
  Life cycle
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Diagnosis of onchocerciasis

Collage diagnosis
Onchocerciasis can be diagnosed by
  • Palpation .
  • Skin snip examination
  • the Mazotti test
  • the DEC patch test
  • ELISA
  • PCR
For an overview into these techniques, see pages of the Stanford University.

Investigations into the diagnosis by palpation of nodules (onchocercomata) can be found here.

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