Table 1. Summary of the genetic survey conducted on Wuchereria bancrofti microfilariae from Burkina Faso of genetic changes at the β-tubulin locus associated with benzimidazole resistance (in nematodes of ruminants).
Village | No. hosts sampled | Mean no. of microfilariae genotyped per host (range) | Mean microfilaraemia per 20 µl blood (range) | Sample (microfilarial) resistance allele frequency, | Sample and [expected] heterozygosity |
Untreated villages | |||||
TANGONKO | 16 | 9.6 (1, 15) | 323 (162, 703) | 0.28 | 0.20 [0.40] |
BADONGO | 14 | 6.6 (1, 10) | 212 (60, 845) | 0.23 | 0.24 [0.35] |
Village that had received one round of chemotherapy (albendazole+ivermectin) | |||||
PERIGBAN | 13 | 8.5 (3, 12) | 35 (18, 86) | 0.62 | 0.27 [0.47] |
Results were presented by Schwab et al. [13]. The range of microfilarial samples obtained per host is given in brackets. The expected microfilariae heterozygosity according to the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium is given in square brackets.