Fig. 2. Geographic variation in the overall prevalence of intestinal helminth infections among examinees from 2011 to 2020 in Korea. Gyeongnam (4.8%), Ulsan (3.1%), and Gyeongbuk (2.5%) exhibited a high mean prevalence.
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Fig. 1. Characteristics of intestinal helminth infections among examinees in Korea over a 10-year period. (A) Overall prevalence of parasite infections by species of intestinal helminth. (B, C) Prevalence by sex and age. Significant differences were observed in prevalence by species and age (P < 0.05) and in the differential prevalence between men and women throughout all periods (P < 0.05).
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Table 1. The overall prevalence of intestinal helminth infections among examinees at 16 branches of the Korea Association of Health Promotion over the 10 years from 2011 to 2020
Ann Clin Microbiol 2024;27:41-48. Intestinal helminth infections among health examinees: 10-year (2011–2020) nationwide observations in Korea Download table No. Branch No. positive / No. examined (%) 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 1 Western Seoul 63/6,815 (1.0) 41/5,596 (0.7) 43/8,849 (0.5) 34/10,968 (0.3) 48/7,892 (0.6) 41/6,440 (0.6) 18/4,674 (0.4) 15/4,462 (0.3) […]
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