在冈比亚对15个村庄进行夜间血检,以了解班氏丝虫及常现丝虫的流行情况,发现在迪维逊河(Division River)上游及下游村庄的移民班氏丝虫感染率最高(15～20%)。详细调查了两个村庄表明为中度的丝虫发病率,讨论了冈比亚近25年来班氏丝虫病明显下降的原因。常现丝虫遍及全国。Hawking(1977)在非洲国家丝虫病分布的综述中,指出“冈比亚内地与沿海大多数村庄 Night-time blood tests in 15 villages in The Gambia to understand the prevalence of filariasis and filariasis found to have the highest rates of infection with Bancroftian filariasis in the upper and lower reaches of the Division River 15 to 20%). A detailed survey of moderate filariasis incidence in two villages shows the reason for the significant decline in Bancroftian filariasis in the Gambia over the past 25 years. Often filariasis throughout the country. Hawking (1977) in the review of the distribution of filariasis in African countries, pointed out that "the Gambia and most of the coastal villages