Estimation of the burden of tinea capitis among children in Africa
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Ronald Olum; Laura Russell; Joseph Baruch Baluku; Felix Bongomin; Iriagbonse Iyabo Osaigbovo; Lauryn Nsenga; Richard Kwizera; Martha Namusobya; Emma de Sousa
- Source
- MycosesREFERENCES. 64(4)
- Subject
- 0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
030106 microbiology
Population
Nigeria
Dermatology
Disease
Cochrane Library
030207 dermatology & venereal diseases
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Cost of Illness
Trichophyton
Risk Factors
Prevalence
Medicine
Humans
education
Child
Tinea Capitis
education.field_of_study
Schools
business.industry
Public health
Child Health
Tropical disease
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Infectious Diseases
Systematic review
Etiology
Tinea capitis
business
Demography
- Language
- ISSN
- 1439-0507
Tinea capitis is a common and endemic dermatophytosis among school age children in Africa. However, the true burden of the disease is unknown in Africa. We aimed to estimate the burden of tinea capitis among children