|
Demographics
|
n (%)
|
Ocular symptoms
|
n (%)
|
|
Women
|
16 (53.3 %)
|
Itching
|
4 (13.3)
|
|
Meana (range) age women
|
44 (30–55)
|
Discomfortc
|
1 (3.3)
|
|
Meana (range) age men
|
34 (22–55)
|
Lacrimation
|
2 (6.7)
|
| | |
Itching + lacrimation
|
1 (3.3)
|
| | |
Itching + discomfortc
|
1 (3.3)
|
|
Microfilaremia
|
Across both crests
|
Left iliac crest
|
Right iliac crest
|
| | |
OCP-patch site
|
LTS-2 patch site
|
|
Skin snip positive
|
30
|
30
|
27
|
|
Meana ± SD mf/mg skin
|
7.2 ± 7.8
|
7.7 ± 8.1
|
6.6 ± 9.5
|
|
Median
|
4.58
|
4.95
|
3.0
|
|
Range mf/mg skinb
|
0.2–36.8
|
0.3–31.8
|
0–47.7
|
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aArithmetic mean, bTwo subjects with a mean skin microfilariae density across both crests of > 20 mf/mg (21.5 mf/mg, 36.8 mf/mg) were included by mistake. cParticipants report a feeling as if they had sand in the eye without any evidence of particulate matter on ocular examination
