Combined Utilisation of Rapid Assessment Procedures for Loiasis (RAPLOA) and Onchocerciasis (REA) in Rain forest Villages of Cameroon

Table 2 Prevalence and Intensity of O. volvulus determined by REA and Skin snip

			Prevalence (%)		Intensity (mf/Skin snip)
Village	Population*	No. Examined	REA	Skin snip	Arithmetic Mean Mf +ve & -ve individuals	Arithmetic Mean Mf +ve individuals	William's means ≥ 15	William's means ≥ 20 (CMFL)
Ambombo	250	49	40.82	69.39	14.57	21.00	5.07	4.76
Bifang	1889	141	38.30	66.67	12.54	18.80	4.06	4.19
Mbullam	65	21	23.81	95.24	65.26	68.52	13.38	14.60
Dinku	516	159	54.72	94.34	32.45	34.40	17.31	18.58
Ebendi	260	120	65.00	85.83	19.70	22.95	7.76	7.82
Eka	1079	96	20.83	72.92	14.13	19.37	5.24	5.69
Ngalla	765	138	56.52	76.09	18.45	24.25	6.85	7.70
Oche 1	83	32	21.88	87.50	11.25	12.86	5.41	6.52
Oche 2	77	29	55.17	86.21	28.07	32.56	10.53	10.49
Olorunti	707	192	39.06	86.46	31.68	36.43	10.57	10.89
Total	5691	977
Average			45.04	81.37	23.06	28.31	7.99	8.22

* Total population recorded during a census conducted in study villages, CMFL : Community microfilarial load ; Mf +ve: Microfiladermic, MF -ve: amicrofiladermic individuals & -ve