OBJECTIVE To review surgical interventions for pediatric unilateral vocal fold immobility (UVFI). DESIGN Retrospective medical chart review. SETTING Two tertiary academic centers. PATIENTS All children who underwent vocal fold medialization for dysphonia, with or without aspiration, from January 2004 to September 2006. INTERVENTIONS Injection laryngoplasty, ansa cervicalis-recurrent lar...

Onchocerca lupi, a nematode parasite infecting dogs and cats with a hitherto unknown arthropod vector, is also being recognised as a parasite also responsible for human eye infections. Here we describe a case of human eye infection diagnosed molecularly by nematode 12S rDNA PCR in a German patient who had travelled to Tunisia and Turkey. The patient recovered after treatment with antibiotic and...

background: onchocerciasis is endemic in the imo river basin, nigeria. this study was aimed at assess­ing the prevalence and intensity of microfilaria of onchocerca volvulus in the area. methods: a cross-sectional study was carried out in the okigwe local government area, imo state, nige­ria. two skin snips (one from the waist and another from the shoulder) were taken from 1024 individu­als exa...

BACKGROUND Onchocerciasis is endemic in the Imo River Basin, Nigeria. This study was aimed at assessing the prevalence and intensity of microfilaria of Onchocerca volvulus in the area. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out in the Okigwe Local Government Area, Imo State, Nigeria. Two skin snips (one from the waist and another from the shoulder) were taken from 1024 individuals examin...