What does soil-transmitted helminth elimination look like? Results from a targeted molecular detection survey in Japan

Table 1 Number of detected STH cases in Japanese nationals according to data from BML, Inc

Year	STH total	Trichuris	Hookworm	Ascaris
2000	62 (2)^ab	23 (1)^a	20 (1)^b	19 (2)^ab
2001	76	24	25	27
2002	93	29	33	31
2003	48	17	9	22
2004	41	13	9	19
2005	37	9	9	19
2006	21	4	0	17
2007	19 (1)^a	7 (1)^a	0	12 (1)^a
2008	26	10	5	11
2009	13	8	2	3
2010	16	7	2	7
2011	9	7	1	1
2012	22	13	2	7
2013	5	3	0	2
2014	9	6	0	3
2015	5	3	1	1
2016	4	2	1	1
2017	6	6	0	0
Total	512 (3)^c	191 (2)^c	119 (1)^c	202 (3)^c

Notes: The numbers in parentheses denote individuals with dual infection. Tween 80 citric acid ether sedimentation was used to detect STH eggs [26]. BML, Inc. is a privately-owned clinical laboratory company based in Tokyo, Japan. The data are courtesy of BML
^aTrichuris + Ascaris co-infections
^bHookworm + Ascaris co-infections
^cTotal number of individuals with co-infections

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