The distribution of ringworm infections amongst Nigerian nomadic Fulani herdsmen
- 1 October 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Mycopathologia
- Vol. 96 (1) , 45-51
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00467685
Abstract
There are very few medical reports on the nomadic peoples of the world. In Nigeria such reports are nonexistent. The present work has looked at the distribution of ringworm infections among the Nigerian nomadic Fulani herdsmen. An examination of their infected herds of cattle revealed similarities in the species of dermatophytes isolated from the herdsmen and those isolated from their cattle. Some of the leaves of the plants that lined the cattle tracks normally used by both the herdsmen and their cattle yielded some of the species of dermatophytes isolated from the herdsmen and their cattle. The possible origins of the dermatophytes that caused the ringworm infections amongst the nomads are discussed.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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