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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 4

Human prevalence of echinococcosis by patient ownership of dogs, Sichuan Province, China*

No. owned dogs No. examined persons No. cases (%)
CE AE Total
0 496 22 (4.4) 19 (3.8) 41 (8.3)
1 889 67 (7.5) 65 (7.3) 132 (14.8)
2 835 61 (7.3) 66 (7.9) 127 (15.2)
3 414 38 (9.2) 29 (7.0) 67 (16.2)
>4 177 19 (10.7) 14 (7.9) 33 (19.2)
Total 2,811 207 (7.4) 193 (6.9) 400 (14.2)

*CE, cystic echinococcosis; AE, alveolar echinococcosis.

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