[Cestode infections in Poland in 2002]

Przegl Epidemiol. 2004;58(1):165-9.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

In 2002, 264 intestinal cestode infections were registered in Poland. Among them 193 were caused by Taenia saginata, 3 by T. solium, 53 by Taenia sp., 1 by Hymenolepis nana, 1 by Diphyllobothrium latum, 1 by Hymenolepis diminuta. Moreover, 40 cases of cystic echinococcosis were also registered. The obtained results confirmed decreasing frequency of intestinal cestodoses in Poland.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Animals
  • Cestoda / isolation & purification*
  • Cestode Infections / epidemiology*
  • Cestode Infections / parasitology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diphyllobothrium / isolation & purification
  • Echinococcus / isolation & purification
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hymenolepis / isolation & purification
  • Incidence
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Poland / epidemiology
  • Risk Factors
  • Rural Population / statistics & numerical data
  • Taenia saginata / isolation & purification
  • Taenia solium / isolation & purification
  • Urban Population / statistics & numerical data