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Table 1 Study population with prevalence RAPLOA, microfilaraemia, high microfilaraemia (> 8000 Mf/ml), very high microfilaraemia (30,000 Mf/ml) in different bio-ecological zones of the two validation study sites.

From: Validation of the rapid assessment procedure for loiasis (RAPLOA) in the democratic republic of Congo

Study sites

Bio-ecological zones

Number of communities

Number of individuals examined

RAPLOA prevalence (%)

Prevalence microfilaraemia

(%)

Prevalence microfilaraemia > 8000 mf/ml

(%)

Prevalence microfilaraemia > 30,000 mf/ml

(%)

South West DRC

Forest

14

1130

59.6

24.6

7.6

2.3

 

Transition forest/savannah

20

1686

16.0

2.6

0.3

0

 

Savannah

15

1193

27.5

14

4.1

0.6

 

Subtotal

49

4009

31.7

12.2

3.5

0.8

North East DRC

Forest

15

1225

63.9

27.3

7.8

2.3

 

Transition forest/savannah

20

1249

2.1

0.4

0

0

 

Savannah

15

1617

17.9

4.0

1.1

0.3

 

Subtotal

50

4091

26.9

9.9

2.7

0.8

Total

99

8100

29.3

11.0

3.1

0.8