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Table-2.

Effect of age on the prevalence of filarial nematodes.

Filarial nematodes	Infection (%)

	<5 years (n=29)	515 years (n=91)	>15 years (n=68)
O. cervicalis	11 (37.93)^aB	77 (84.62)^aA	68 (100)^aA
O. reticulata	0 (0)^bA	3 (3.30)^cA	5 (7.35)^cA
S. equina	7 (24.14)^abA	33 (36.26)^bA	28 (41.18)^bA
P. multipapillosa	0 (0)^bA	3 (3.30)^cA	7 (10.29)^cA
Total (n=188)	18 (9.57)^C	116 (61.70)^A	108 (57.45)^B

Different superscripts letters

^(a,b,c)

in the same column indicate significant differences at p<0.05. Different superscripts letters

^(A,B,C)

in the same row indicate significant differences at p<0.05. O. cervicalis=Onchocerca cervicalis, S. equina=Setaria equina, O. reticulata=Onchocerca reticulata, P. multipapillosa=Parafilaria multipapillosa