Table 1.

Epidemiological data sets used in development of the spatial model for predicting the prevalence of Loa microfilaraemia

Region	Sex*	Blood sample (μl)	Prevalence of Loa loa	Age range	No. subjects	No. villages
Banyo-Bankim	M	50.00	22.21	5–98	1783	16
Banyo-Bankim	F	50.00	20.00	5–90	1815
South of Central Province	M	30.00	32.81	5–80	381	5
South of Central Province	F	30.00	27.37	5–80	453
South of Central Province	M	50.00	24.76	5–86	941	17
South of Central Province	F	50.00	18.49	5–90	1206
Lekie Department	M	30.00	26.33	5–91	1052	14
Lekie Department	F	30.00	19.10	5–92	1340
Lekie Department	M	50.00	23.96	5–80	359	3
Lekie Department	F	50.00	21.41	5–90	369
Mbam et Kim	M	30.00	12.37	5–99	1293	24
Mbam et Kim	F	30.00	4.53	5–95	1281
Western Province	M	50.00	6.22	15–99	916	15
Western Province	F	50.00	3.76	15–99	1036

* M = male and F = female