Edungbola L D, Watts S J, Kayode O O
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.
Afr J Med Med Sci. 1987 Sep;16(3):147-56.
A house-to-house screening exercise was carried out in Shao, Kwara State, Nigeria, to determine the status of onchocerciasis in the town. The results of skin snips taken from 2018 subjects revealed that, with an overall infection rate of 54.6%, the community is mesoendemic for river blindness. The prevalence and intensity of the infection were significantly higher for adults than for children, for males than for females and for farmers than for other occupational groups (P less than 0.01). The severity and frequency of occurrence of striking manifestations of onchocerciasis, including blindness, hernias, hanging groins, 'leopard skin' and scrotal elephantiasis, strongly suggest that the community had a history of long-standing onchocerciasis. The desirability for the implementation of a nation-wide control programme in Nigeria to complement the ongoing control efforts in the Volta River Basin Areas, is highlighted.
在尼日利亚夸拉州绍镇开展了逐户筛查活动，以确定该镇盘尾丝虫病的感染情况。对2018名受试者进行皮肤切片检查的结果显示，总体感染率为54.6%，该社区为盘尾丝虫病中度流行区。成年人的感染率和感染强度显著高于儿童，男性高于女性，农民高于其他职业群体（P<0.01）。盘尾丝虫病显著症状的严重程度和发生频率，包括失明、疝气、悬垂腹股沟、“豹皮”和阴囊象皮肿，强烈表明该社区有长期盘尾丝虫病病史。强调了在尼日利亚实施全国控制计划以补充沃尔特河流域地区正在进行的控制工作的必要性。
