Table 3.

Comparison of the results of the epidemiological surveys before treatment (1987) and after 15-17 years of treatment (2008) in the onchocerciasis foci of Birnin Gwari and of Kauru/Lere in Kaduna State, Nigeria.

Local Government Area (LGA)	Village	Total number examined		No. of people Infected		Prevalence of skin microfilariae		Community microfilarial load (mf/ss)		ONCHOSIM Predicted Prevalence
		1987	2008	1987	2008	1987	2008	1987	2008	2008
BIRNIN GWARI (5)	ANGUWAN - BAWA	220	51	154	0	70.0%	0%	4.84	0	0
	BARAU-BOKA	44	32	21	0	47.7%	0%	4.46	0	0
	ISHWAI	120	115	90	0	75.0%	0%	8.85	0	0
	KIMBI	80	118	38	0	47.5%	0%	5.22	0	0
	KURBAU	265	91	103	0	38.9%	0%	4.93	0	0
KAURU (11)	GALADIMAWA	671	235	314	0	46.8%	0%	2.87	0	0
	GARMADI	423	155	220	0	52.0%	0%	4.39	0	0
	JANKASA	124	118	83	0	66.9%	0%	3.91	0	0
	KAGUTA	88	82	58	0	65.9%	0%	8.89	0	0
	KUBAU BAUCHI	136	196	75	0	55.1%	0%	2.26	0	0
	MADAM	162	117	109	0	67.3%	0%	7.95	0	0
	SABON LAYI	134	117	76	0	56.7%	0%	3.76	0	0
	SAYAWA	108	127	25	0	23.1%	0%	1.08	0	0
	TUDUN-WADA GARMADI	276	103	106	0	38.4%	0%	2.86	0	0
	ANGUWAN - SHAWARA	247	375	64	0	25.9%	0%	1.23	0	0
	AKANSA	198	93	111	0	56.1%	0%	7.78	0	0
LERE (11)	ANGUWAN TANIMU	33	77	21	0	63.6%	0%	6.02	0	0
	ANGUWAN-BUZU	26	140	22	0	84.6%	0%	4.94	0	0
	ANGUWAN-PAH-KURAMA	96	141	35	0	36.5%	0%	3.57	0	0
	ASHEMA A	67	162	37	0	55.2%	0%	5.43	0	0
	DAN-ALHAJI	524	69	162	0	30.9%	0%	2.16	0	0
	KUDARU	524	224	269	0	51.3%	0%	4.59	0	0
	KUDURU	572	90	277	0	48.4%	0%	1.19	0	0
	UNGUWAN-PAH-HAUSAWA	164	181	53	0	32.3%	0%	1.81	0	0
	WERE I	388	67	203	0	52.3%	0%	3.73	0	0
	WERE II	281	167	148	0	52.7%	0%	1.62	0	0
	ZARANGI	55	260	21	0	38.2%	0%	2.36	0
Total		6,026	3,703	2,895	0	48.0%	0.0%	3.93	0	0