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Prevalence and intensity (mf/ml) of L. loa determined by RAPLOA and by the Thick blood film techniques. |
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| Prevalence (%) |
Intensity (mf/ml) |
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| Village |
Population* |
No. Examined |
RAPLOA |
Thick blood film |
Arithmetic Mean Mf +ve & -ve individuals |
Arithmetic Mean Mf +ve individuals |
William's means > 15 |
William's means > 20 (CMFL) |
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| Ambombo |
250 |
49 |
24.49 |
6.12 |
1.63 |
27.67 |
1.22 |
1.25 |
| Bifang |
1889 |
141 |
21.99 |
3.55 |
81.99 |
2313 |
1.25 |
1.30 |
| Mbullam |
65 |
21 |
19.05 |
14.29 |
86.67 |
608.67 |
2.36 |
2.21 |
| Dinku |
516 |
159 |
30.82 |
10.69 |
1.3.77 |
970.79 |
1.83 |
2.02 |
| Ebendi |
260 |
120 |
13.33 |
3.36 |
8.00 |
240.00 |
1.18 |
1.14 |
| Eka |
1079 |
96 |
14.58 |
9.38 |
418.96 |
4468.89 |
1.87 |
1.96 |
| Ngalla |
765 |
138 |
16.67 |
7.25 |
232.46 |
3208.00 |
1.53 |
1.55 |
| Oche 1 |
83 |
32 |
9.38 |
12.50 |
293.13 |
2345.00 |
2.08 |
2.13 |
| Oche 2 |
77 |
29 |
31.03 |
10.34 |
13.10 |
126.67 |
1.609 |
1.93 |
| Olorunti |
707 |
192 |
20.31 |
4.69 |
119.27 |
2544.44 |
1.39 |
1.40 |
| Total |
5691 |
977 |
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| Average |
20.47 |
6.86 |
139.08 |
2028.06 |
1.50 |
1.53 |
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* Total population recorded during a census conducted in study villages; CMFL: Community microfilarial load. Mf +ve: Microfilaraemic, MF -ve: amicrofilaraemic | ||||||||
Wanji et al. Filaria Journal 2005 4:2 doi:10.1186/1475-2883-4-2 |
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