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Table 1 Age and sex distribution of persons surveyed and patients identified based on abdominal ultrasonography

From: Survey of echinococcoses in southeastern Qinghai Province, China, and serodiagnostic insights of recombinant Echinococcus granulosus antigen B isoforms

Age (years)

No. examined (%)

No. positive (%)

No. of healthy controls (%)

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

< 10

175

182

357

4 (2.3)

4 (2.2)

8 (2.2)

1 (0.6)

2 (1.1)

3 (0.8)

10–19

358

428

786

14 (3.9)

18 (4.2)

32 (4.1)

6 (1.7)

7 (1.6)

13 (1.7)

20–29

201

245

446

7 (3.5)

6 (2.5)

13 (2.9)

3 (1.5)

3 (1.2)

6 (1.3)

30–39

289

302

591

10 (3.5)

16 (5.3)

26 (4.4)

5 (1.7)

7 (2.3)

12 (2.0)

40–49

151

161

312

13 (8.6)

15 (9.3)

28 (9.0)

7 (4.6)

7 (4.3)

14 (4.5)

50–59

95

104

199

4 (4.2)

7 (6.7)

11 (5.5)

2 (2.1)

4 (3.8)

6 (3.0)

> 60

77

88

165

10 (13.0)

6 (6.8)

16 (9.7)

5 (6.5)

3 (3.4)

8 (4.8)

Total

1346 (47.1)

1510 (52.9)

2856 (100)

62 (4.6)

72 (4.8)

134 (4.7)

29 (2.2)

33 (2.2)

62 (2.2)