Table 4. Microfilaraemia in Kirare village during the pre-MDA survey (September 2004) and the four post-MDA surveys (January 2006, January 2007, October 2007 and October 2008).
Survey no. | Time of survey | No. examined (%) | No. positive for mf (%) | Mf GMI for all examined* | Mf GMI for positives* |
1 | Sep-04 | 919 (82.6) | 225 (24.5) | 4.11 | 781.3 |
2 | Jan-06 | 798 (71.8) | 154 (19.3) | 2.12 | 360.4 |
3 | Jan-07 | 831 (74.7) | 121 (14.6) | 1.08 | 150.7 |
4 | Oct-07 | 674 (60.6) | 68 (10.1) | 0.70 | 190.8 |
5 | Oct-08 | 565 (50.8) | 60 (10.6) | 0.75 | 194.7 |
The target population for all surveys was the 1112 individuals aged ≥1 year in at the pre-MDA survey.
*) In mf/ml blood.