Epidemiology of Mansonella perstans in the middle belt of Ghana

Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 Characterization of volunteers in the study districts

Characteristics	Sex	District				P-value
Characteristics	Sex	Ashanti Akim North	Atebubu Amantin	Sene West	Total	P-value
No. of screened		1,215	508	524	2,247	0.794
	M	601	253	251	1,105
	F	614	255	273	1,142
Mean age yrs (range)		27.89 (9–98)	30.69 (9–89)	31.70 (9–92)	29.41 (9–98)	0.788
	M	28.55 (9–98)	32.08 (9–89)	29.87 (9–91)^a	29.66 (9–98)
	F	27.24 (9–83)	29.30 (9–85)	33.37 (9–92)^a	29.17 (9–92)
MF positive		407	158	160	725	< 0.001
	M	233	89	78^b	400
	F	174	69	82^b	325
MF prevalence (%)		33	31	31		0.391
MDA		No	No	Yes^c

^aSignificant differences observed in Sene West District (Mann-Whitney U-Test, U = 29,539, Z = -2.727, P = 0.0064)
^bNo significant difference between MF positive and gender (Fisher’s exact test, P = 0.435)
^cOne community in the Sene West District had taken part in the national mass drug administration programme (MDA)
Abbreviations: M, male; F, female, MF, microfilarae

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