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observations on mansonellosis among the ibos of abia and imo states, nigeria.between november, 1988 and april, 1991, parasitological and symptomatological methods of diagnosis were used to survey the prevalence of mansonellosis among the ibo population in abia and imo states of nigeria. 1,197 or 28.6% of the 4,183 persons examined were positive for microfilariae of mansonella perstans. the prevalence of mansonellosis was significantly higher (p < 0.05) among rural dwellers (34.6%) than among urban dwellers (22.5%), in males (30.8%) than in females (26.3%), in farmers (59 ...19921456469
filariasis in the igwun river basin, nigeria: an epidemiological and clinical study with a note on the vectors.in a cross-sectional, epidemiological and parasitological study of human filariasis, 845 individuals were examined in settlements along the igwun basin, imo state, nigeria. four different filarial nematode species were identified. two hundred and fifty-six (30.3%) of the individuals examined were positive for onchocerca volvulus, 113 (13.4%) for mansonella perstans, 76 (9.6%) for wuchereria bancrofti and 77 (9.1%) for loa loa. microfilarial rates increased with age of individuals and showed a te ...19883041931
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