Table 1 Onchocerciasis endemic communities by geographical area and sub-area, population at risk and population eligible for ivermectin treatment in the Amazonian focus of southern Venezuela
From: Evidence of suppression of onchocerciasis transmission in the Venezuelan Amazonian focus
Geographical area | Geographical sub-areaa | No of communities per endemicity levelb | Population at risk | Eligible population (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hyperendemic | Mesoendemic | Hypoendemic | ||||
Padamo | 1. Upper Padamo | 0 | 0 | 6 | 617 | 529 (85.7) |
2. Upper Cuntinamo | 0 | 3 | 1 | 225 | 188 (83.6) | |
Ocamo | 3. Ocamo–Orinoco | 0 | 0 | 4 | 245 | 223 (91.0) |
4. Lower Ocamo | 0 | 2 | 5 | 279 | 249 (89.3) | |
5. Middle Ocamo | 0 | 5 | 1 | 508 | 481 (94.7) | |
6. Jénita–Putaco | 4 | 0 | 0 | 218 | 192 (88.1) | |
7. Upper Ocamo–Shitari | 17 | 2 | 1 | 755 | 660 (87.4) | |
8. Upper Ocamo–Parima | 16 | 4 | 0 | 589 | 497 (84.4) | |
Mavaca | 9. Mavaca–Orinoco | 0 | 0 | 12 | 927 | 804 (86.7) |
10. Manaviche | 0 | 1 | 1 | 140 | 129 (92.1) | |
11. Mavaca | 0 | 0 | 3 | 216 | 193 (89.4) | |
12. Mavaquita | 0 | 0 | 11 | 944 | 841 (89.1) | |
Platanal | 13. Platanal | 3 | 70 | 10 | 569 | 506 (88.9) |
Guaharibos | 14. Unturán | 5 | 0 | 0 | 338 | 307 (90.8) |
15. Guaharibos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 123 (88.5) | |
16. Peñascal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 255 | 216 (84.7) | |
Orinoquito | 17. Mayo | 8 | 0 | 0 | 477 | 407 (85.3) |
18. Orinoquito | 14 | 0 | 0 | 795 | 688 (86.5) | |
Parima | 19. Parima B | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1045 | 843 (80.7) |
20. Parima C | 9 | 0 | 0 | 609 | 505 (82.9) | |
21. Parima A | 19 | 0 | 0 | 917 | 789 (86.0) | |
22. Porewë | 7 | 0 | 0 | 247 | 218 (88.3) | |
23. Pasumopë | 5 | 0 | 0 | 296 | 260 (87.8) | |
24. Shamatari | 4 | 0 | 0 | 289 | 250 (86.5) | |
25. Posheno | 3 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 121 (82.9) | |
Chalbaud | 26. Hashimú | 7 | 0 | 0 | 356 | 321 (90.2) |
27. Chalbaud | 10 | 0 | 0 | 300 | 258 (86.0) | |
Ventuari | 28. Upper Ventuari | 0 | 0 | 1 | 136 | 118 (86.8) |
Uasadi | 29. Uasadi | 0 | 0 | 2 | 176 | 148 (84.1) |
Caura | 30. Upper Caura | 0 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 68 (94.4) |
Siapa | 31. Upper Siapa | 6 | 0 | 0 | 406 | 324 (79.8) |
Total (%) | 167 (69.3) | 25 (10.4) | 49 (20.3) | 13,231 | 11,456 (86.6) | |