Research Article

Elimination of Onchocerca volvulus Transmission in the Huehuetenango Focus of Guatemala

Table 1

Potentially endemic communities included in the ophthalmological evaluation. Nine communities were selected to carry out the ophthalmological evaluation, and a total of 10,183 persons were eligible to participate, of whom 365 were evaluated.

CommunityMunicipioEligible populationPopulation evaluated

MichicoySan Pedro Necta83949
IxnulSan Pedro Necta120145
Santa RosaCuilco155041
Agua DulceCuilco233150
El RodeoCuilco111343
ChiquihuilCuilco72636
Union FronteraCuilco19442
Cabecera Municipal DemocraciaLa Democracia191324
El TablonCuilco31635

Total10,183365