| 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 |
| a case of probable transplacental transmission of wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae. | a case of transplacental transmission of wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae is reported in endemic are of bauchi state, nigeria. the diagnosis was based on the history of illness, clinical symptoms, age of the child and presence of sheathed microfilariae of nocturnal periodic form of w. bancrofti in the peripheral blood films. also the night blood sample collected from the child's mother revealed mf of w. bancrofti in addition to the unilateral elephantiasis of the hindlimb. the implication of t ... | 1994 | 7812317 |
| 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 |