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Volume 11, Number 12—December 2005
Research

Echinococcosis in Tibetan Populations, Western Sichuan Province, China

Li Tiaoying*, Qiu Jiamin*Comments to Author , Yang Wen*, Philip S. Craig†, Chen Xingwang*, Xiao Ning*‡, Akira Ito‡, Patrick Giraudoux§, Mamuti Wulamu‡, Yu Wen*, and Peter M. Schantz¶
Author affiliations: *Sichuan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China; †University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom; ‡Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Japan; §World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for the Prevention and Treatment of Alveolar Echinococcosis, Université de Franche-Comté, Besancon, France; ¶Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Table 3

Human prevalence of echinococcosis by patient occupation*

Occupation No. examined CE
AE
Total
No. cases (%) No. cases (%) No. cases (%)
Herdsman 1,692 162 (9.6) 160 (9.5) 322 (19.0)
Parttime herdsman 79 8 (10.1) 2 (2.5) 10 (12.7)
Farmer 35 0 1 (2.9) 1 (2.9)
Student 611 8 (1.3) 9 (1.5) 17 (2.8)
Public servant 315 11 (3.5) 9 (2.9) 20 (6.3)
Employee 69 3 (4.3) 0 3 (4.3)
Businessman 17 1 (5.9) 1 (5.9) 2 (11.8)
Preschooler 101 3 (3.0) 0 3 (3.0)
Illiterate child 63 8 (12.7) 1 (1.6) 9 (14.3)
Others 217 12 (5.5) 15 (6.9) 27 (12.4)
Total 3,199 216 (6.8) 198 (6.2) 414 (12.9)

*CE, cystic echinococcosis; AE, alveolar echinococcosis.

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