Onchocerciasis in Ecuador, IV. Comparative studies of the disease relating to the Chachi and black populations in the province of Esmeraldas.

Abstract:

:The frequency, intensity and clinical features of onchocerciasis in the two ethnic groups (Blacks and Chachilla--an indigenous tribe) in the endemic foci of the disease in Esmeraldas province (Ecuador) were evaluated. The incidence of infection and intensity of the disease seen in both groups were directly related to the frequency of man-vector contact and not to racial factors. Both groups showed the same rate of positivity in both the hyperendemic and hypoendemic areas. Males of both groups had a consistently higher positivity rate than did females. The Chachilla were found to have a higher mean microfilarial density than Blacks in both types of endemic areas. Certain clinical features of the disease analogous to those seen in the African form were present only in Blacks. No lymphatic involvement or hypertrophic scarring was seen in the Chachilla, suggesting that in the Blacks there may be a generaically related predisposition to lymphatic complications of microfilarial infections.

authors

Molea J,Guderian RH,Proaño R,Carrillo R,Swanson WL

doi

10.1016/0035-9203(84)90183-4

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1984-01-01 00:00:00

pages

86-90

issue

1

eissn

0035-9203

issn

1878-3503

journal_volume

78

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