Volume 3, Number 3—September 1997
Perspective
Emerging and Reemerging Helminthiases and the Public Health of China
Table 1
Helminth | Number of Cases (millions) |
---|---|
Ascaris lumbricoides | 531 +8 |
Trichuris trichiura | 212 +10 |
Hookworm | 194 + 7 |
Clonorchis sinensis | 4.1 +0.4 |
Fasciolopsis buski | 1.9 +0.3 |
Taenia spp. | 1.3 + 0.2 |
Hymenolepis spp. | 0.7 + 0.1 |
Heterophyidae | 0.2 + 0.1 |
*Based on analysis of 1,477,742 fecal examinations and a Chinese population of 1.13 billion people.
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