A school survey of tinea capitis in Benghazi, Libya. 1979

Y K Malhotra, and M P Garg, and A J Kanwar

A school survey of Tinea capitis in Benghazi revealed an incidence of 4.49 per cent. The commonest clinical type which accounted for 87.7 per cent of the cases, resembled Seborrhoea capitis more than with any classical type described so far. T. schoenleinii and T. violaeceum were the most frequent isolates.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008002 Libya A country in northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt, Tunisia, and Algeria, having southern border with Chad, Niger, and Sudan. Its capital is Tripoli.
D008297 Male Males
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005260 Female Females
D006306 Health Surveys A systematic collection of factual data pertaining to health and disease in a human population within a given geographic area. Abortion Surveys,Abortion Survey,Health Survey,Survey, Abortion,Survey, Health,Surveys, Abortion,Surveys, Health
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D014006 Tinea Capitis Ringworm of the scalp and associated hair mainly caused by species of MICROSPORUM; TRICHOPHYTON; and EPIDERMOPHYTON, which may occasionally involve the eyebrows and eyelashes. Kerion Celsi,Tinea Capitis Profunda,Trichophytia Profunda Barbae,Trichophytia Profunda Capitis,Barbae, Trichophytia Profunda,Capitides, Trichophytia Profunda,Capitis Profunda, Tinea,Capitis Profundas, Tinea,Capitis, Trichophytia Profunda,Profunda Barbae, Trichophytia,Profunda Capitides, Trichophytia,Profunda Capitis, Trichophytia,Profunda, Tinea Capitis,Profundas, Tinea Capitis,Tinea Capitis Profundas,Trichophytia Profunda Capitides

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