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. 2015 Oct;109(7):344–351. doi: 10.1080/20477724.2015.1103501

Table 4.

Population examined and W. bancrofti microfilaria positive cases, by gender and age group

2-4yrs 5-9yrs 10-14yrs 15-19yrs 20-29yrs 30-49yrs 50+yrs Total
Village Gender Examination Positive Examination Positive Examination Positive Examination Positive Examination Positive Examination Positive Examination Positive Examination Positive
Tumet (n=371) Male 11 0 24 0 25 0 30 0 39 1 51 0 13 0 193 1 (0.5%)
Female 10 0 36 1 26 0 8 0 57 1 29 1 11 0 177 3 (1.7%)
Total 21 0 (0%) 60 1 (1.7%) 51 0 (0%) 38 0 (0%) 96 2 (2.0%) 80 1 (1.2%) 24 0 (0%) 370 4 (1.1%)
Fanguso (n=295) Male 15 1 25 1 31 2 16 0 14 1 20 4 24 4 145 13 (9.0%)
Female 12 0 31 2 23 0 12 0 24 0 35 2 13 3 150 7 (4.7%)
Total 27 1 (3.7%) 56 3 (5.4%) 54 2 (3.7%) 28 0 (0%) 38 1 (2.6%) 55 6 (10.9%) 37 7 (18.9%) 295 20 (6.8%)
Omedilla (n=109) Male 6 0 10 0 7 0 1 0 4 0 10 0 9 2 47 2 (4.3%)
Female 5 0 17 4 8 3 2 0 13 1 6 1 11 1 62 10 (16.1%)
11 0 (0%) 27 4 (1.5%) 15 3 (20%) 3 0 (0%) 17 1 (5.9%) 16 1 (6.3%) 20 3 (15%) 109 12 (11.0%)
Overall Male 32 1 59 1 63 2 47 0 57 2 81 4 46 6 385 16 (4.2%)
Female 27 0 84 7 57 3 22 0 94 2 70 4 35 4 391 20 (5.1%)
Overall 59 1 (1.7%) 143 8 (5.6%) 120 5 (4.2%) 69 0 (0.0%) 151 4 (2.7%) 151 8 (5.3%) 81 10 (12.4%) 774 36 (4.7%)