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Table 1 Onchocerciasis burden in four communities of Bafia health district at baseline and during the 2011 survey, after 11 years of CDTI

From: Still mesoendemic onchocerciasis in two Cameroonian community-directed treatment with ivermectin projects despite more than 15 years of mass treatment

Village

Baseline data (1991–1993)

Follow-up survey (2011)

N

Weighted mf prevalence (%)

CMFL (mf/ss)

N

Weighted mf prevalence (%)

CMFL (mf/ss)

Tsékané

150

90.8

20.84

204

47.1

1.44

Balamba II

167

83.7

26.40

212

61.0

4.72

Ngongol I

129

92.8

90.31

237

64.0

2.54

Biatsota

150

94.0

114.50

227

67.6

3.26

  1. Abbreviations: N number examined, mf microfilaria, CMFL community microfilarial load (microfilariae/skin snip)