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Greek: xeros = dry; derma = skin. This symptom of skin disease is characterized by formation of a dry, horny, scaly skin. Besides mild forms of ichthyosis, this clinical picture (xerodermia) can also be introduced by wandering larvae 1 of the filarial worm Onchocerca volvulus , which is the agent of onchocercosis, onchocerciasis (River Blindness).
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Mehlhorn, H. (2016). Xerodermia. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43978-4_3524
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