Status of parasitological indicators and morbidity burden of onchocerciasis after years of successive implementation of mass distribution of ivermectin in selected communities of Yeki and Asosa districts, Ethiopia

Table 2 Prevalence and intensity of O. volvulus infection in communities of Yeki and Asosa districts, Ethiopia (August 2017–January 2018)

District	Community	Population size	No examined	No positive	MFP (%)	AMI	MFL	CMFL	Time since last CDTi (in months)
Yeki	Adisbrehan-EndrisGorji	5412	193	0	0	0	0	0	7.03
	Selamber	7653	90	0	0	0	0	0	6.60
	Shosha	5323	95	0	0	0	0	0	6.96
	Fide	11,020	109	0	0	0	0	0	6.20
	Bechi	13,130	124	0	0	0	0	0	6.03
	Kura	7075	83	0	0	0	0	0	6.83
	Depi	6474	80	0	0	0	0	0	6.30
	Shai	8918	88	0	0	0	0	0	6.80
	Boko	4280	70	0	0	0	0	0	6.73
	Baya-Hbretfrie	8195	104	0	0	0	0	0	6.70
	Darimu	3598	43	0	0	0	0	0	6.57
	Adisalem	5046	93	0	0	0	0	0	6.90
	Zinki	5416	86	0	0	0	0	0	6.53
	Tsanu	4280	47	0	0	0	0	0	6.67
	Kubito	9280	128	0	0	0	0	0	6.30
	Total	105,100	1435	0	0	0	0	0
Asosa	Hoha 15	974	44	0	0	0	0	0	3.27
	Amba 4	2341	75	0	0	0	0	0	3.57
	Amba 17	1122	52	0	0	0	0	0	3.67
	Megele 38	1469	72	0	0	0	0	0	4.30
	Megele 37	1574	65	0	0	0	0	0	4.37
	Megele 36	818	45	0	0	0	0	0	4.27
	Megele 35	1432	52	0	0	0	0	0	4.27
	Salga 24	1263	53	0	0	0	0	0	4.03
	Salga 22	1151	45	0	0	0	0	0	3.97
	Salga 19	650	52	0	0	0	0	0	4.10
	Komoshega 25	1129	73	0	0	0	0	0	4.17
	Komoshega 26	1317	53	0	0	0	0	0	4.20
	Afasim	1236	82	0	0	0	0	0	3.50
	Oorra	6274	73	0	0	0	0	0	2.47
	Baro	3013	75	0	0	0	0	0	3.87
	Mugufudie	2182	162	20	12.4	0.4	0.2	0.2	4.47
	Dabus-Atinbaqo	974	94	5	5.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	4.43
	Bielmilli	1094	69	0	0	0	0	0	3.80
	Robeyu	1040	52	0	0	0	0	0	3.73
	Tsietsie	2623	73	0	0	0	0	0	2.77
	Aquda	3165	118	0	0	0	0	0	2.97
	Abramo	1940	51	0	0	0	0	0	3.33
	Menge-salga	675	37	0	0	0	0	0	3.13
	Total	39,456	1567	25	1.6%	0.05	0.02	0.03

AMI Arithmetic mean intensity of infection, CDTi Community directed treatment with ivermectin, CMFL Community microfilarial oad; mf: microfilariae, MFL Microfilarial load, MFP Microfilarial prevalence

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