| studies on filariasis in bauchi state, nigeria. 1. endemicity of human onchocerciasis in ningi local government area. | the endemicity of human onchocerciasis was assessed in eight rural, at-risk communities in ningi local government area, bauchi state, nigeria, between july 1990 and march 1991. of the 1536 subjects skin-snipped, 334 (21.7%) were positive for onchocerca volvulus microfilariae. surprisingly, there was a significant inverse relationship between prevalence and mean microfilarial load (r = -0.608; p < 0.05). males were more likely to be infected than females (p < 0.01) and cattle rearers (71.0% infec ... | 1995 | 7741592 |
| 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 |
| a probable case of vertical transmission of onchocerca volvulus microfilariae. | a probable case of vertical transmission of onchocerca volvulus microfilariae in dass bauchi state, nigeria is presented. a 28-week-old male child delivered by a 39-year-old fulani woman suffering from onchocerciasis was positive for o. volvulus microfilariae based on skin snip examinations. the child had general body pruritic rash and intermittent fever. although the child's skin snip on re-examination five weeks later was also positive, the fever had gradually subsided. | 1993 | 8509623 |
| the prevalence, intensity and clinical manifestations of onchocerca volvulus infection in toro local government area of bauchi state, nigeria. | between january and october 1994, a study of the prevalence, intensity and clinical manifestations of onchocerciasis in nine communities of toro local government area of bauchi state, nigeria was undertaken using the skin-snip method. of the 1117 inhabitants examined, 188 (16.8%) were positive for microfilariae of onchocerca volvulus. the prevalence of onchocerciasis was significantly higher (p < 0.05) among males than females, in subjects 21 years of age and above than in those in the first two ... | 2001 | 11556150 |