| studies on filariasis in bauchi state, nigeria. ii. the prevalence of human filariasis in darazo local government area. | in an eleven months study of eleven communities of darazo local government area of bauchi state, northern nigeria, 293 (21.7) of 1,349 persons examined harboured various filarial parasites. of the sampled population, 18%, 1.9%, 1.6%, 0.5% and 0.2% had microfilariae of onchocerca volvulus, wuchereria bancrofti, mansonella perstans, m. streptocerca and loa loa respectively. of the 637 females examined, 90 (14.1%) were infected, while 203 (23.5%) of 712 males sampled had filarial infections. the hi ... | 1994 | 7812311 |
| the status of human filariasis in north-western zone of bauchi state, nigeria. | in a nine-months epidemiological study to assess the status of human filariasis in north-western zone of bauchi state, nigeria, 3.5% prevalence was recorded in 8 communities. of the 1536 persons examined, 54 were microfilaremic for three blood-dwelling filarial parasites. 22 (1.4%) were positive for mansonella perstans, 10 (0.7%) and 22 (1.4%) had loa loa and wuchereria bancrofti respectively. w. bancrofti showed low microfilaremia in females of reproductive age with high degree of heterogeneity ... | 1994 | 8087153 |