title: [Cestode infections in Poland in 1999].
abstract: In 1999, 437 intestinal cestode cases were registered in Poland. Among them 369 were caused by Taenia saginata, 7 by T. solium, 35 by Taenia sp., 3 by Hymenolepis nana and 2 by Diphyllobothrium latum and 39 cases of echinococcosis were also registered. The obtained results confirmed the decreasing frequency of infection with intestinal cestodes in Poland.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Parazytologii Lekarskiej Państwowego Zakładu Higieny Ul. Chocimska 24, 00-791 Warszawa.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Płonka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology