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[Evaluation of epidemiological situation of cestode infections in Poland in the years 1997-2006 on the basis of data from san-epid stations].

Maria Waloch, Alicja Sobolewska, Tadeusz Hubert Dzbeński

Abstract

Between 1997-2006, 3,523 intestinal cestode infections were registered in Poland. Among them 2,748 were caused by Taenia saginata, 41 by T. solium, 533 by Taenia species, 20 by Hymenolepis nana, 5 by Hymenolepis diminuta, 11 by Diphyllobothrium latum, 3 by Dipylidium caninum. Moreover, 350 cases of cystic echinococcosis and 8 cases of cysticercosis were also registered. The obtained results confirmed decreasing frequency of intestinal cestodoses in Poland.

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Key concepts: Dipylidium caninum, Cysticercosis, Taenia, Hymenolepis nana, Taenia solium, Cestode infections, Hymenolepis diminuta, Taeniasis