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Table 8 Community surveys for LF infection in the other seven districts of Tanga Region

From: Lymphatic filariasis control in Tanga Region, Tanzania: status after eight rounds of mass drug administration

District

Village

Circulating filarial antigen

Microfilarae

No. examined

Mean age in years (range)

Female: male ratio

No. positive (%)

No. examineda

No. positive

Community mf prevalence in %b

Handeni (1)

Madebe

181

30.7 (10–80)

0.8

4 (2.2)

2

0

0.0

Kilindi (2)

Songe

180

23.8 (10–100)

0.5

0 (0.0)

0

0

0.0

Korogwe (3)

Kwamdolwa

207

40.2 (10–86)

1.2

16 (7.7)

15

2

1.0

Korogwe (3)

Mkalamo

222

35.1 (15–94)

0.6

22 (9.9)

17

4

2.3

Lushoto (4)

Mwangoi

199

34.9 (10–90)

1.1

2 (1.0)

2

0

0.0

Mkinga (5)

Kwale

202

37.0 (10–100)

0.8

36 (17.8)

32

8

4.5

Mkinga (5)

Mwakijembe

200

42.5 (16–100)

0.6

35 (17.5)

23

4

3.0

Muheza (6)

Mkuzi

180

27.2 (10–84)

0.9

6 (3.3)

2

0

0.0

Pangani (7)

Kipumbwi

194

27.4 (10–90)

0.4

48 (24.7)

27

6

5.5

Total

-

1765

33.5 (10–100)

0.7

169 (9.6)

120

24c

1.9

  1. Volunteers aged ≥10 years were examined.
  2. aOnly CFA positives were examined.
  3. bSee Methods for calculation.
  4. cFive females, 19 males (mean age: 34.8 years; range 11–70 years); GMI =179.5 mf/ml blood.