Status of lymphatic filariasis in Afikpo North L.G.A., Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Status of lymphatic filariasis in Afikpo North L.G.A., Ebonyi State, Nigeria



Dr. Ngele K. K.



The status of lymphatic filariasis in Afikpo North
L.G.A., Ebonyi State, Nigeria was investigated among seven hundred and
eighty one (781) subjects from thirty (30) villages, using the following
Parasitological methods; the Wet Smear preparation, the Knott’s
concentration Technique and the Immunochromatographic Card Test (ICT).
From the study, the following prevalence rates of Wuchereria bancrofti
were obtained, wet smear preparation (1.66%), the knott’s concentration
technique (5.38%) and the ICT method (21.13%). Subjects within the age
group 58-62 years had the highest prevalence of 43.48%, using the ICT
method. Males were more infected 85(21.85%) than female 80(20.41%).
There was no statistically significant difference in the prevalence of
infection by gender using ICT cards (P>0.05) at 2 tailed difference
of .780. With the Knott’s concentration technique, subjects within 58 –
62 years had the highest prevalence of 26.09%. Males were also more
infected 24(6.16%) than females 18(4.59%). The prevalence of hydrocoele
was found to be 8.23%. Hydrocoele was more frequent among older people
of 53 years and above than the younger ones below the age of 27 years.
The prevalence of lymphoedema was 8.88%. Males were more affected with
prevalence rate of 5.55% than females (3.33%). 



10.22161/ijeab/1.4.45



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