Impact of Eighteen-Year Varied Compliance to Onchocerciasis Treatment with Ivermectin in Sentinel Savannah Agrarian Communities in Kaduna State of Nigeria

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</svg></span></td><td align="center">Mf  no. +ve (%)</td><td align="center">Mf  per snip</td><td align="center">Nodule no. +ve (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Sabon Gantan<br/></td><td align="center">96</td><td align="center">50 (52.1)</td><td align="center">25.5</td><td align="center">27   (28.1)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Kurmin Gwarza<br/></td><td align="center">89</td><td align="center">32 (36.0)</td><td align="center">9.8</td><td align="center">13  (14.6)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Bomjock<br/></td><td align="center">50</td><td align="center">36 (72.0)</td><td align="center">20.4</td><td align="center">11 (22.0)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Gidan Tama<br/></td><td align="center">100</td><td align="center">37 (37.0)</td><td align="center">15.9</td><td align="center">9 (9.0)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Ungwar Shaho<br/></td><td align="center">100</td><td align="center">22 (22)</td><td align="center">16.1</td><td align="center">7 (7.0)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Gantan<br/></td><td align="center">96</td><td align="center">24 (25.0)</td><td align="center">11.8</td><td align="center">9 (10.4)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Total</td><td align="center">531</td><td align="center">201 (37.9)</td><td align="center">17.7</td><td align="center">77 (14.5)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Pretreatment village specific prevalence and intensity of <i>O. volvulus</i> skin microfilariae and palpable nodules.

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Table 1: Impact of Eighteen-Year Varied Compliance to Onchocerciasis Treatment with Ivermectin in Sentinel Savannah Agrarian Communities in Kaduna State of Nigeria 

Table 1 | Impact of Eighteen-Year Varied Compliance to Onchocerciasis Treatment with Ivermectin in Sentinel Savannah Agrarian Communities in Kaduna State of Nigeria 