Parasites & Vectors

Table 4 Loa loa microfilaraemia transition matrix at 16-month interval

From: Temporal variability of Loa loa microfilaraemia

2019 (mf/ml)	2021 (mf/ml)
2019 (mf/ml)	0–500	501–1000	1001–2000	2001–5000	5001–10,000	10,001–20,000	> 20,000	Total
0–500	22 [2]	7 [1]	4 [2]	2 [2]	0 [0]	0 [0]	0 [0]	35 [7]
501–1000	17 [3]	6 [0]	6 [3]	6 [0]	2 [0]	1 [0]	0 [0]	38 [6]
501–2000	11 [2]	9 [3]	4 [1]	7 [2]	9 [0]	2 [1]	0 [0]	42 [9]
2001–5000	9 [1]	5 [0]	10 [2]	9 [4]	8 [2]	2 [1]	2 [0]	45 [10]
5001–10,000	2 [0]	1 [0]	2 [1]	16 [4]	11 [3]	5 [4]	0 [0]	37 [12]
10,001–20,000	1 [0]	1 [0]	1 [0]	6 [0]	7 [3]	16 [1]	1 [0]	33 [4]
> 20,000	2 [0]	0 [0]	0 [0]	2 [0]	2 [0]	6 [4]	17 [6]	29 [10]
Total	64 [8]	29 [4]	27 [9]	48 [12]	39 [8]	32 [11]	20 [6]	259 [58]

Left column: initial result; top row: final result
In brackets are represented individuals whose two samples were taken during the same time period (± 30 min)

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