title: [Surveillance of soil-transmitted nematode infections in Menghai County, Yunnan Province from 2006 to 2009].
abstract: In the national monitoring point, Menghai County, Yunnan Province, the total prevalence rate of soil-transmitted nematode infections was 88.12%, of which the rates of Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, hookworm and cestode infections were 69.70%, 59.79%, 36.79%, and 1.30% respectively from 2006 to 2009. The infection intensities were slight. The Ascaris lumbricoides infection rate in soil of vegetable garden was 44.5%. In conclusion, the infection rate of soil-transmitted nematodes is high in the monitoring point.
authors.affiliation: Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Puer 665000, China.
authors.forename: Li-Bo
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zun-Wei
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Jin-Yong
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Ran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Long
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Shao-Qiu
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Kan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: Xue-Zhong
authors.initials: XZ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hong-Xiang
authors.initials: HX
authors.lastname: Dao
authors.forename: Lao-San
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zu-Xiang
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Fang-Wei
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009348:Nematoda / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D012987:Soil / Q000469:parasitology*
chemical_list: D012987:Soil