BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS IN TOGO .1. COMPARATIVE FIELD-STUDY OF MEMBRANE FILTRATION CONCENTRATION TECHNIQUE AND CONVENTIONAL BLOOD FILMS

  • 1 January 1976
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 27  (2) , 224-228
Abstract
The membrane concentration filtration technique, proven very successful in use in areas of subperiodic filariasis in the Pacific, was used to study an area of nocturnally periodic filariasis in Togo. The results obtained were similar to those from areas of low endemicity in the Pacific. The method was easy to apply under field conditions in Africa, and the taking of venous blood samples proved completely acceptable to a rural population in SE Togo.