Onchocerciasis in Ecuador: absence of microfilaraemia.
Blood samples from 497 people positive for onchocerciasis in the hyperendemic onchocercal focus in Ecuador were analysed for the presence of microfilaraemia using the Knott technique. No evidence of Onchocerca volvulus microfilaraemia was found, nor that of any other microfilaria.
Guderian
R H
RH
Health Care Division, Hospital Vozandes H.C.J.B. Casilla, Quito, Ecuador.
Mackenzie
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CD
Proaño
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JR
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004484:Ecuador; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008842:Microfilariae; D008875:Middle Aged; D009854:Onchocerca; D009855:Onchocerciasis / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D012867:Skin / Q000469:parasitology