title: [Evaluation of epidemiological situation of cestode infections in Poland in the years 1997-2006 on the basis of data from san-epid stations].
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.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Parazytologii Lekarskiej Narodowego Instytutu Zdrowia Publicznego - Państwowego Zakładu Higieny.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Waloch
authors.forename: Alicja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sobolewska
authors.forename: Tadeusz H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Dzbeński
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002589:Cestoda / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015897:Comorbidity; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D004169:Diphyllobothriasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006925:Hymenolepiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008989:Monieziasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data