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Precise measurement of the parasite load in helminthic infections makes it possible to correlate morbidity, the individual response to treatment, and the best control methods. A membrane filtration technique was recently developed for quantifying Wuchereria bancrofti microfilaraemia. The present paper describes its application to onchocerciasis in a study on 107 patients in northern Togo. The technique is cheap and simple to apply under field conditions, and is extremely efficient at recovering microfilariae from skin snips.
精确测量蠕虫感染中的寄生虫负荷,有助于关联发病率、个体对治疗的反应以及最佳控制方法。最近开发了一种膜过滤技术来量化班氏吴策线虫微丝蚴血症。本文描述了该技术在多哥北部对107名患者进行的盘尾丝虫病研究中的应用。该技术成本低廉,在野外条件下易于应用,并且从皮肤切片中回收微丝蚴的效率极高。