• STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE REPORTED CASES OF ONCHOCERCIASIS (RIVER BLINDNESS) DISEASE FROM 2000-2011


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    • ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Onchocerciasis is increasingly recognized as one of the major diseases of public health importance in endemic parts of the world, especially in Sub-Saharan, Africa. (WHO 1995).The main purpose of this study is to carry out a statistical analysis of the reported cases of onchocerciasis disease, from 2000-2011. A case study of federal Medical Center Abalkaliki,Ebonyi State. This research project looked into the distribution of ochocerciasis patients by sex from 2000-2011, prediction of the possible number of onchocerciasis patients for the years 2012-2014. How a person can get infected. This res ... Continue Reading

         

      CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]CHAPTER ONE1.0     INTRODUCTIONOnchocercias is increasingly recognized as one of the major diseases of public health importance in endemic parts of the word, especially in sub-Saharan, Africa. West Africa includes the most endemic areas in the world; Nigeria being one of the largest countries in West Africa has been reported to have a high incidence of onchocerciasis infection with 7 million people with the disease and 40 million at risk. Onchocerciasis is the world’s second leading infectious cause of blindness. It is not the nematode, but its endosymbiont, Wolbachi ... Continue Reading