Health and Disease in Chad: Epidemiology, Culture, and Environment in Five Villages

adult Anakazas animals antibodies anticomplementary antigen areas Bangala Ouarai Boum Birth-9 blood smears Boum Khebir Boum Khebir Faya-Largeau bride price Chadian Chari River chief Chikungunya cholesterol clinical Collected in Chad Complement Fixation Tests diarrhea differences disease Djimtilo Ouli Bangala endemic examined families Faya-Largeau females field Figure five villages flocculation test four villages FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION frequently FTA-ABS Group hematobium hemoglobin household heads houses included indicated individuals infections Khebir Faya Koumra laboratory Lake Chad Lake Iro Lamy Largeau Lim River malaria males mansoni Mbongo Creek microfilariae nutrition onchocerciasis Ouarai Boum Khebir Ouli Bangala Ouarai percent percentage persons population samples PPD-S and PPD-G Prevalence of Reactions Public Health Reactive Reactors residents of Ouli scars schistosomiasis sera serum Service des Grandes shown in Table skin tests skinfold thickness snails species stool syphilis Theobald tion titers Total tuberculin ulcers urine specimens vaccination vaccination histories vector volvulus weight/height ratio