Newell E D, Vyungimana F
Programme national de lutte contre l'onchocercose, Programme de lutte contre les maladies transmissibles et carentielles (L.M.T.C.), Bujumbura, Burundi.
Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 1998;91(2):175-6.
Several cases of onchocerciasis have been detected among suspected patients at the Nyanza Lac health centre, in southern Burundi. Surveys in three 'collines' (administrative units) of the commune of Nyanza Lac confirmed the presence of the disease (5.5% in the sample). However, all the onchocerciasis patients were adults and had immigrated from the near-by province of Bururi, where onchocerciasis is endemic. Furthermore, no aquatic forms of simuliid flies have been found in the prospected watercourses and the environment is not characteristic of an endemic region. Thus, one can conclude that onchocerciasis is imported, and not endemic, in the commune of Nyanza Lac, but that the proximity of other endemic areas could entail a risk of transmission.
在布隆迪南部的尼扬扎湖卫生中心，已在疑似患者中检测出几例盘尾丝虫病病例。对尼扬扎湖公社的三个“科利内”（行政单位）进行的调查证实了该病的存在（样本中为5.5%）。然而，所有盘尾丝虫病患者均为成年人，且是从盘尾丝虫病流行的邻近布鲁里省移民而来。此外，在所勘查的水道中未发现水生形式的蚋蝇，且该环境并非流行地区的典型环境。因此，可以得出结论，在尼扬扎湖公社，盘尾丝虫病是输入性的，而非地方性的，但其他流行地区的临近可能带来传播风险。
