Table 2 Comparison between sub-Saharan African (SSA) and non sub-Saharan (non-SSA) African patients with imported loiasis
SSA patients N = 139 | non-SSA patients N = 28 | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | |||
Prior history of loiasis | 34 | 24.4 | 14 | 50 | 0.01 | |
Asymptomatic for loiasis | 39 | 28.5 | 6 | 21.4 | NS | |
Calabar swelling | 43 | 30.9 | 11 | 39.2 | NS | |
Eyeworm | 36 | 25.8 | 3 | 10.7 | 0.05 | |
Mean eosinophilia (/mm3) | 1591 | 2854 | 0.04 | |||
Microfilaremia | positive | 94 | 67.6 | 11 | 39.2 | 0.05 |
negative | 39 | 28 | 16 | 57.1 | ||
missing | 7 | 0 | ||||
Meana microfilaremia (/ml) | 2586 | 1247 | NS | |||
Serology | positive | 64 | 46 | 24 | 85.7 | 0.04 |
negative | 30 | 21.5 | 2 | 7.1 | ||
undetermined | 16 | 0 | ||||
missing | 30 | 1 | ||||