title: The occurrence of loiasis, mansonellosis and wuchereriasis in the Jarawa River Valley, central Nigeria.
abstract: In a study to assess the status of filariasis in the Jarawa River Valley of the savanna area of Nigeria, 940 self-selected residents from 10 villages were examined between March 1984 and April 1987. Overall results showed 105 (11.2%) had microfilaraemia and/or clinical signs of filariasis. Sixty-four (6.8%) and 20 (2.1%) persons, respectively, were infected with Mansonella perstans and Loa loa microfilariae (mff). Four of the 28 villagers examined had Wuchereria bancrofti mff in their night blood samples whereas 17 (1.8%) of all residents surveyed had clinical filariasis mainly due to lympho-obstructive manifestations: hydrocele (n = 11, 64.7%); enlargement of the inguinal nodes (n = 8, 47.1%) and elephantiasis (n = 2, 11.8%).
authors.affiliation: Entomology and Parasitology Division, Nigerian Institute for Trypanosomiasis Research, Vom.
authors.forename: G O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Ufomadu
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Nwoke
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Akoh
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: G O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Ekejindu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shiwaku
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tumbau
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Ugomo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004605:Elephantiasis, Filarial / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008118:Loiasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008368:Mansonelliasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D014958:Wuchereria bancrofti / Q000302:isolation & purification*