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Determining Soil-transmitted Helminth Infection Status and Physical Fitness of School-aged Children
Published on: August 22, 2012
[Epidemiological characteristics of soil-borne nematodiasis in Xiamen City]
Jian Chen1, Guo-Wei Chen, Ming-Zhai Wang
1Xiamen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Fujian Province, Xiamen 361021, China.
Abstract:
The infection rate of soil-borne nematodes was 6.37% in Xiamen City, 2008, and among which the infection rates of hookworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and pinworm were 5.97%, 0.29%, 0.09% and 20.13%, respectively. The infection rate of soil-borne nematodes outside the island and that of pinworm in children were still high.

