Table 4. Prevalence of Loa loa and Mansonella perstans microfilaremia in the nine administrative regions of Gabon.
Provinces | Sampling period | Number of villages surveyed | Loa loa | Mansonella perstans | Co- infection | ||||||
+/Total | % | CI 95% | +/Total | % | CI 95% | +/Total | % | CI 95% | |||
ESTUAIRE | July 2005 | 30 | 105/314 | 33.4 | 28.3–39 | 72/314 | 22.9 | 18.5–28.1 | 29/314 | 9.2 | 6.4–13.1 |
HAUT OGOOUE | April 2007 | 18 | 66/364 | 18.1 | 14.4–22.6 | 48/364 | 13.2 | 10–17.2 | 9/364 | 2.5 | 1.2–4.8 |
MOYEN OGOOUE | January 2006 | 31 | 159/603 | 26.4 | 22.9–30.1 | 88/602 | 14.6 | 11.9–17.8 | 32/602 | 5.3 | 3.7–7.5 |
NGOUNIE | June 2006 | 22 | 86/463 | 18.6 | 15.2–22.5 | 43/461 | 9.3 | 6.9–12.4 | 14/461 | 3 | 1.7–5.2 |
NYANGA | January 2007 | 16 | 76/426 | 17.8 | 14.4–21.9 | 12/425 | 2.8 | 1.5–5 | 6/425 | 1.4 | 0.6–3.2 |
OGOOUE IVINDO | June 2007 | 41 | 153/624 | 24.5 | 21.2–28.1 | 35/624 | 5.6 | 4–7.8 | 14/624 | 2.2 | 1.3–3.8 |
OGOOUE LOLO | September 2007 | 18 | 118/423 | 27.9 | 23.7–32.5 | 81/423 | 19.1 | 15.6–23.3 | 23/423 | 5.4 | 3.6–8.2 |
OGOOUE MARITIME | May 2008 | 10 | 25/206 | 12.1 | 8–17.4 | 3/206 | 1.4 | 0.3–4.2 | 1/206 | 0.5 | 0–2.7 |
WOLEU NTEM | April 2006 | 34 | 196/969 | 20.2 | 17.8–22.9 | 65/969 | 6.7 | 5.3–8.5 | 13/969 | 1.3 | 0.7–2.3 |
TOTAL | 220 | 984/4392 | 22.4 | 21.2–23.7 | 447/4388 | 10.2 | 9.3–11.1 | 141/4388 | 3.2 | 2.7–3.8 |