Parasitological and clinical aspects of bancroftian filariasis in Kassena-Nankana District, upper east region, Ghana.
Identifieur interne : 00B346 ( Ncbi/Checkpoint ); précédent : 00B345; suivant : 00B347Parasitological and clinical aspects of bancroftian filariasis in Kassena-Nankana District, upper east region, Ghana.
Auteurs : J O Gyapong [Ghana] ; P. Magnussen ; F N BinkaSource :
- Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene [ 0035-9203 ]
Descripteurs français
- KwdFr :
- Adolescent, Adulte, Adulte d'âge moyen, Animaux, Enfant, Enfant d'âge préscolaire, Femelle, Filariose lymphatique (parasitologie), Filariose lymphatique (épidémiologie), Ghana (épidémiologie), Humains, Microfilaria (isolement et purification), Mâle, Nourrisson, Prévalence, Wuchereria bancrofti, Études de suivi.
- MESH :
- isolement et purification : Microfilaria.
- parasitologie : Filariose lymphatique.
- épidémiologie : Filariose lymphatique, Ghana.
- Adolescent, Adulte, Adulte d'âge moyen, Animaux, Enfant, Enfant d'âge préscolaire, Femelle, Humains, Mâle, Nourrisson, Prévalence, Wuchereria bancrofti, Études de suivi.
English descriptors
- KwdEn :
- MESH :
- epidemiology : Elephantiasis, Filarial, Ghana.
- isolation & purification : Microfilariae.
- parasitology : Elephantiasis, Filarial.
- Adolescent, Adult, Animals, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Infant, Male, Middle Aged, Prevalence, Wuchereria bancrofti.
Abstract
A survey of the prevalence of bancroftian filariasis was conducted in August-September 1992 in the northern part of the Kassena-Nankana District, Upper East Region, Ghana. 200 compounds from 3 different communities were randomly selected from the vitamin A trial database. All resident compound members were examined for clinical manifestations of lymphatic filariasis and capillary blood was obtained between 21:00 and 01:00 and examined using the counting chamber technique. 1603 people were examined, 741 males and 862 females. The overall prevalence of microfilaraemia was 32.4% (95% confidence interval 30.1-34.7). Geometric mean microfilaria density (infected persons only) was 794 per mL. The most important clinical manifestation was hydrocele (in 32% of males) followed by limb elephantiasis (in 3.6% of the study population). There was no significant difference between the 3 communities in clinical or parasitological findings.
PubMed: 7992337
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