Table 1 Summary of the REMO surveys undertaken in the 20 APOC countries
Country | Villages surveyed | # of persons examined | Examined persons with palpable nodules | Prevalence of nodules per village (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Total | per village | Total | Percentage | Minimum | Median | Maximum |
Angola | 763 | 25,758 | 34 | 2,491 | 9.7 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 63.3 |
Burundi | 150 | 6,053 | 40 | 501 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 83.3 |
Cameroun | 817 | 30,179 | 37 | 8,625 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 100.0 |
Central African Republic | 1,078 | 34,984 | 32 | 15,952 | 45.6 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 100.0 |
Chad | 483 | 15,795 | 33 | 2,348 | 14.9 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 96.7 |
Congo | 384 | 13,853 | 36 | 1,352 | 9.8 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 71.4 |
Democratic Republic of Congo | 4,389 | 170,799 | 39 | 53,501 | 31.3 | 0.0 | 23.3 | 100.0 |
Equatorial Guinea | 209 | 7,751 | 37 | 1,527 | 19.7 | 0.0 | 11.8 | 73.3 |
Ethiopia | 885 | 30,355 | 34 | 5,458 | 18.0 | 0.0 | 14.6 | 81.5 |
Gabon | 59 | 1,633 | 28 | 29 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.8 |
Kenya | 94 | 3,822 | 41 | 8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.8 |
Liberia | 89 | 4,208 | 47 | 798 | 19.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 35.0 |
Malawi | 291 | 13,122 | 45 | 543 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36.0 |
Mozambique | 289 | 10,325 | 36 | 99 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.2 |
Nigeria | 2,716 | 127,459 | 47 | 21,165 | 16.6 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 96.0 |
Rwanda | 89 | 3,126 | 35 | 20 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 |
South Sudan | 473 | 16,501 | 35 | 2,211 | 13.4 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 93.3 |
Sudan | 427 | 21,330 | 50 | 175 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23.3 |
Tanzania | 331 | 20,592 | 62 | 5,035 | 24.5 | 0.0 | 20.8 | 100.0 |
Uganda | 457 | 18,723 | 41 | 4,772 | 25.5 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 100.0 |
Total | 14,473 | 576,368 | 40 | 126,612 | 22.0 | 0.0 | 14.0 | 100.0 |