Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 The presence (+) or absence (-) of sero-positive teenagers and ultrasound-detected adult cases of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis in various village communities in hyper-endemic Xiji County, People's Republic of China from 2001-3[21, 30]

From: Impact of anthropogenic and natural environmental changes on Echinococcus transmission in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, the People’s Republic of China

	Ultrasound detected cases		Sero-positive subjects
Age range	20-79 yrs old		6-18 yrs old
Disease^a	AE	CE	Anti-Em^b	Anti-Eg^c
Huoshizhai^d	+	+	+	-
Nanwan	+	+	+	-
Haoziwan	+	+	-	+
Zhangcunpu	+	+	+	+
Bai’ai	+	+	+	+
Baicheng	-	+	+	+

^aAE, alveolar echinococcosis; CE, cystic echinococcosis.
^bAnti-Em, exposure to E. multilocularis eggs measured by anti-EmP ELISA.
^cAnti-Eg, exposure to E. granulosus eggs measured by anti-EgB ELISA.
^dName of village community.

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