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onchocerca volvulus infection in sierra leone: relation between prevalence, intensity of infection, and ocular problems in a 'forest' region.a two-year longitudinal study carried out in five villages in a forest region of gorama chiefdom, kono district, sierra leone, revealed that infection with onchocerca volvulus was hyperendemic, the overall rate of infection being 61.6%. prevalence rose from 28.6% in the 1-5-year age group, peaking among the 21-30-year age group (82.5%) and then levelling off. the intensity of infection though low, peaked in the 31-40-year-old males and in the 41-50-year-old female cohorts. the iliac crest was mo ...19921485496
parasitologic survey of onchocerca volvulus infection in the nimiyama chiefdom, kono district, sierra leone.infection due to onchocerca volvulus was investigated in the nimiyama chiefdom, kono district, sierra leone, where simulium damnosum s.l. is known to breed but no data on the prevalence and intensity of o. volvulus infection exists. of the 735 individuals sampled by the skin snip method in five villages, 471 (64%) were infected. the infection rate for males was significantly (p less than 0.05) higher than that of the females. two hundred and ninety-one (70.0%) of the 416 males skin snipped and 1 ...19892595798
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