Gyapong J O, Adjei S, Sackey S O
Health Research Unit, Ministry of Health, Accra, Ghana.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1996 Jan-Feb;90(1):26-30. doi: 10.1016/s0035-9203(96)90466-6.
A national filariasis survey was conducted to determine the prevalence and distribution of Wuchereria bancrofti microfilaraemia and clinical disease associated with lymphatic filariasis in Ghana. Multi-stage systematic sampling was used to select households to be examined in all 10 administrative regions of the country. The results showed a high prevalence of microfilaraemia and disease with considerable regional variation in all the quantities investigated. In general, the disease was more prevalent in the northern guinea savannah and the southern coastal savannah, while the middle forest belt was relatively free. Even within the regions, there was considerable variation in the distribution of the disease. The disease is of potentially major public health significance, particularly in the northern and coastal savannahs, and requires the design and implementation of a control programme.
在加纳开展了一项全国性丝虫病调查，以确定班氏吴策线虫微丝蚴血症的流行情况和分布，以及与淋巴丝虫病相关的临床疾病。采用多阶段系统抽样方法，在该国所有10个行政区选择待检查的家庭。结果显示，微丝蚴血症和疾病的患病率很高，在所调查的所有指标中存在相当大的地区差异。总体而言，该病在北部几内亚草原和南部沿海草原更为普遍，而中部森林带相对没有该病。即使在各地区内部，该病的分布也存在很大差异。该病具有潜在的重大公共卫生意义，特别是在北部和沿海草原地区，需要设计和实施控制计划。
