01336nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001100059653001100070653001200081653000900093653001200102653003900114653003400153653001800187653002800205100001600233245006600249300001000315490000700325520074800332022001401080       1979                            d  c1979 Jan-Feb10aFemale10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aNigeria10aonchocerciasis elimination mapping10aSexually Transmitted Diseases10aSkin Diseases10aTuberculosis, Cutaneous1 aSomorin A O00aThe secular changes of skin and venereal diseases in Nigeria.  a59-620 v183 a<p>A retrospective review of the changing phase of the incidence of dermatological and venereal diseases, as seen in University Teaching Hospital practice in Lagos, Nigeria is presented. About 8,849 new patients were seen over a 5-year-period. An analysis of the dermatological conditions encountered is made, while brief reports of few common skin conditions are also given. The clinical pattern was similar to those of Western countries, but with addition of a great number of dermatoses. This similarity has been modified by epidemiological factors. A national program for improvement of the environmental health including control of industrial and communicable diseases will ameliorate the increasing morbidity of tropical dermatology.</p>  a0011-9059