Harb M, Faris R, Gad A M, Hafez O N, Ramzy R, Buck A A
Division of Malaria and Filariasis Control, Ministry of Health, Cairo, Egypt.
Bull World Health Organ. 1993;71(1):49-54.
A study of 325,000 residents of 314 villages in six governorates of the Nile delta area of Egypt revealed that the prevalence of lymphatic filariasis increased from < 1% in 1965 to > 20% in 1991, especially in the governorates of Qalyubiya, Monufiya, Dakhaliya, and Giza. The distribution of the communites with endemic filariasis is focal. Clusters of villages with high prevalences are surrounded by others in which the disease is absent, although their environmental, social, and agricultural features appear similar. The article analyses why the significant decline in filariasis between 1945 and 1965 in Egypt has been followed by a resurgence of the disease.
一项针对埃及尼罗河三角洲地区六个省314个村庄的32.5万居民的研究表明,淋巴丝虫病的患病率从1965年的不到1%上升至1991年的超过20%,尤其是在盖勒尤比省、明亚省、达卡利亚省和吉萨省。地方性丝虫病社区的分布是呈局部性的。患病率高的村庄集群被其他未出现该病的村庄包围,尽管它们的环境、社会和农业特征看起来相似。本文分析了为何埃及在1945年至1965年间丝虫病显著下降之后,该病又重新出现。