Table 5 LF prevalence by the Filariasis Test Strip, and seroprevalence of onchocerciasis (Ov16) and LF (Wb123) with the Biplex Rapid Diagnostic Test by age group
State | LGA | Community | Village type | Total no. valid FTS tests | No. of positive FTS results in children aged 5 to ≤ 10 years (%) | No. of positive FTS results in older children and adults aged ≥ 10 years (%) | Total no. positive FTS (%) | Total no. valid Biplex RDT | No. positive Biplex RDT in children aged 5 to ≤ 10 years (%) | No. positive Biplex RDT in children aged ≥ 10 years (%) | Total no. positive Biplex RDT results (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Onchocerciasis | LF | Onchocerciasis | LF | Onchocerciasis | LF | |||||||||
Yobe | Bade | Dagona | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 410 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gafiwa | FL | 116 | 0 | ND | 0 | 116 | 0 | 0 | ND | ND | 0 | 0 | ||
Tagali | 380 | 1 (0.3) | 2 (0.5) | 3 (0.8) | 415 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Gwio Kura | FL | 105 | 0 | ND | 0 | 105 | 0 | 0 | ND | ND | 0 | 0 | ||
Subtotal | 1001 | 1 (0.1) | 2 (0.2) | 3 (0.3) | 1046 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Cross River | Ikom | Ukpochi | FL | 102 | 0 | ND | 0 | 102 | 0 | 0 | ND | ND | 0 | 0 |
Agbaragba | FL | 101 | 6 (5.9) | ND | 6 (5.9) | 101 | 1 (1.0) | 3 (3.0) | ND | ND | 1 (1.0) | 3 (3.0) | ||
Etikpe | 405 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 408 | 2(0.5) | 0 | 70 (17.2) | 1 (0.3) | 72 (17.7) | 1 (0.3) | |||
Balep | 418 | 0 | 4 (1.0) | 4 (1.0) | 421 | 1 (0.24) | 0 | 68 (16.2) | 0 | 69 (16.4) | 0 | |||
Subtotal | 1026 | 6 (0.6) | 4 (0.4) | 10 (1.0) | 1032 | 4 (0.4) | 3 (0.3) | 138 (13.4) | 1 (0.1) | 142 (13.8) | 4 (0.4) | |||
Cross River | Bekwara | Nyanya-Ulim | FL | 101 | 0 | ND | 0 | 100 | 4 (4) | 0 | ND | ND | 4 (4) | 0 |
Atibulum | FL | 100 | 0 | ND | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | ND | ND | 0 | 0 | ||
Itekpa | 407 | 2 (0.5) | 4 (1.0) | 6 (1.5) | 407 | 0 | 0 | 27 (6.6) | 4 (1.0) | 27 (6.6) | 4 (1.0) | |||
Afrike-Okpeche | 403 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 404 | 0 | 0 | 95 (23.5) | 15 (3.7) | 95 (23.5) | 15 (3.7) | |||
Subtotal | 1011 | 2 (0.2) | 4 (0.4) | 6 (0.6) | 1011 | 4 (0.4) | 0 | 122 (12.1) | 19 (1.9) | 126 (12.5) | 19 (1.9) | |||
Taraba | Gashaka | Shinbon | FL | 61 | 0 | ND | 0 | 61 | 5 (8.2) | 0 | ND | ND | 5 (8.2) | 0 |
Gashaka | FL | 93 | 0 | ND | 0 | 93 | 0 | 3 (3.2) | ND | ND | 0 | 3 (3.2) | ||
Mayo-Selbe | 547 | 1 (2.1) | 2 (0.4) | 3 (0.6) | 547 | 4 (0.7) | 0 | 10 (1.8) | 0 | 10 (1.8) | 0 | |||
Nyabar | 451 | 0 | 4 (0.9) | 4 (0.9) | 451 | 3 (0.7) | 0 | 31 (6.9) | 3 (0.7) | 34 (7.5) | 3 (0.7) | |||
Subtotal | 1152 | 1 (0.1) | 6 (0.5) | 7 (0.6) | 1152 | 12 (1.0) | 3 (0.3) | 41 (3.6) | 3 (0.3) | 49 (4.3) | 6 (0.5) | |||
Taraba | K/Lamido | Bandawa | 395 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 421 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Panya O | 396 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 398 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Gwomu O | FL | 104 | 0 | ND | 0 | 104 | 0 | 0 | ND | ND | 0 | 0 | ||
Kodei O | FL | 106 | 0 | ND | 0 | 106 | 0 | 0 | ND | ND | 0 | 0 | ||
Subtotal | 1001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1029 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (0.2) | 0 | 2 (0.2) | |||