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Changes in the prevalence of ocular onchocerciasis in the sentinel communities |
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| Sentinel community |
Presence of punctate keratitis (PK, %) |
Presence of microfilariae in the anterior chamber (MfAC, %) |
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| 1989 |
2000 |
2004 |
1989 |
2000 |
2004 |
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| Corriente Grande |
41.7 |
1.2 |
0 |
50.5 |
0 |
0 |
| El Tigre |
36.6 |
1.6 |
0 |
27.3 |
0 |
0 |
| San Miguel |
50.0 |
4.7 |
0 |
50.0 |
0 |
0 |
| Playa del Oro |
48.8 |
5.1 |
0 |
6.0 |
0 |
0 |
| Guayabal |
14.3 |
1.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Angostura |
21.4 |
0 |
0 |
14.3 |
0 |
0 |
| Naranjal |
0 |
0.9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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The prevalence of ocular onchocerciasis of the anterior segment is provided by punctate keratitis (PK) and presence of microfilariae in the anterior chamber (MfAC). | ||||||
Vieira et al. BMC Medicine 2007 5:9 doi:10.1186/1741-7015-5-9 |
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