Survey of onchocerciasis within the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria between 1981 and 1982

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Title:	Survey of onchocerciasis within the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria between 1981 and 1982
Authors:	Abayomi, I.O. Asaolu, S.O. Soyinka, O.
Year:	1986
Periodical:	Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
Volume:	32
Issue:	3
Pages:	104-106
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Nigeria
Subject:	blindness
External link:	http://tropej.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/32/3/104
Abstract:	A survey of onchocerciasis within the new Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria was carried out between August 1981 and November 1982. The findings stressed are those in children who were between 1-8 years old. Three children (3.1 per cent) out of 98 were found to be infected with onchocerciasis. Evaluation of the control programme in the FCT reveals a rapid decline in infection rate in man which may be due to massive influx of apparently healthy people into the FCT from various areas both within and outside Nigeria, rather than a reduction in the worm load in the original inhabitants of the area. Ref.