title: Helminthic infestations in the Tyrol, Austria.
abstract: At the federal public health laboratory, Innsbruck, 142 426 samples were examined for intestinal helminthosis from 1990 until 2000. Enterobius vermicularis accounted for half (49.7%) of the cases diagnosed, followed by Taenia saginata (28.3%), Ascaris lumbricoides (12.8%), and Trichuris trichiura (3.9%). Of all specimens tested for helminths, 26% had been positive in 1945, and 0.98% in 1985. The proportion of positive findings with respect to the total number of specimens tested was 0.24% in the time span 1990-2000. It appears to us that these numbers fairly reflect the real prevalence of helminthosis in Austria.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Hygiene and Social Medicine, Schöpfstr. 41, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tomaso
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Dierich
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Allerberger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001317:Austria / Q000453:epidemiology; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D006376:Helminths / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology