[Cestode infections in Poland in 2004]

Przegl Epidemiol. 2006;60(3):509-13.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

In the year 2004, 203 intestinal cestode infections were registered in Poland. Among them 119 were caused by Taenia saginata, 4 by T. solium, 70 by Taenia sp., 1 by Diphyllobothrium latum. Moreover, 21 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
  • Animals
  • Cestode Infections / epidemiology*
  • Cestode Infections / parasitology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Disease Outbreaks / statistics & numerical data*
  • Female
  • Helminths / classification
  • Helminths / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Poland / epidemiology