Murdoch M E, Hay R J, Mackenzie C D, Williams J F, Ghalib H W, Cousens S, Abiose A, Jones B R
Department of Ophthalmology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Kaduna, Nigeria.
Br J Dermatol. 1993 Sep;129(3):260-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1993.tb11844.x.
Although onchocerciasis is one of the most important diseases of the skin and eye in the tropical world, to date there has been no formal consensus regarding the description and terminology of skin lesions. Furthermore, the contribution of cutaneous pathology to the morbidity and socio-economic effects of the disease has been largely neglected. We present a clinical classification and grading system for recording the cutaneous changes of onchocerciasis, and propose that this system be used as a standard method of description to convey clinical information between workers in all endemic areas to assist local and comparative research.
虽然盘尾丝虫病是热带地区最重要的皮肤和眼部疾病之一，但迄今为止，关于皮肤病变的描述和术语尚无正式共识。此外，皮肤病理学对该疾病发病率和社会经济影响的作用在很大程度上被忽视了。我们提出了一种用于记录盘尾丝虫病皮肤变化的临床分类和分级系统，并建议将该系统用作一种标准描述方法，以便在所有流行地区的工作人员之间传达临床信息，以协助开展本地研究和比较研究。
