Transmission of Onchocerciasis in Wadelai Focus of Northwestern Uganda Has Been Interrupted and the Disease Eliminated

Table 1

Prevalence of skin snips (microscopy) and nodules in 2009.

Community	No. examined	% mf	% nodule
		prevalence	prevalence^**
Aguu West	88	0	2.3
Olimbuni/Aroga^*	75	0	0
Aroga Leba	70	0	0
Lwalo	120	0	2.5
Ojigo East	108	0	1.9
Pailo East	52	0	0
Total	513	0	1.12

^*Baseline parasitological assessments (Aroga sentinel community) in 1993-mf % positive = 24% of 50 adults and nodule prevalence = 50% of 30 adults.
^**Only one of six nodules was parasitologically confirmed. The confirmed nodule did not contain any viable adult worms.