Macé J.M., Boussinesq Michel, Ngoumou P., Enyegue Oye J., Koéranga A., Godin C. (1997). Country-wide rapid epidemiological mapping of onchocerciasis (REMO) in Cameroon. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 91 (4), p. 379-391. ISSN 0003-4983.
Titre du document
Country-wide rapid epidemiological mapping of onchocerciasis (REMO) in Cameroon
Année de publication
1997
Type de document
Article
Auteurs
Macé J.M., Boussinesq Michel, Ngoumou P., Enyegue Oye J., Koéranga A., Godin C.
Source
Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 1997,
91 (4), p. 379-391 ISSN 0003-4983
The prevalence of infection in local communities has been used as the basis for the country-wide repartition of onchocerciasis in Cameroon, following the principles for rapid epidemiological mapping of onchocerciasis (REMO) developed by the World Health Organization. The levels of endemicity were evaluated in 349 villages by rapid epidemiological assessment (REA), a method based on the examination of nodules in males aged of 20 years and more. An onchocerciasis map was then drawn from the epidemiological data which had been collected previously, from clinico-parasitological surveys based on the examination of skin snips, and the results of the REA surveys. The REMO surveys allowed the main onchocerciasis foci in Cameroon to be accurately delineated, and several small endemic areas which had never been reported before to be identified. The total 'at risk' population (i.e. those for which ivermectin treatment should be considered as urgent or highly desirable) was estimated by combining the epidemiological results and the demographical data available from an administrative census. Those at risk were estimated to number 3.5 million, representing about 50% of the total rural population in Cameroon. (Résumé d'auteur)
