Table 1 Current status of some of the major parasitic diseases in mainland China and Taiwan
| Â | Mainland China | Taiwan |
|---|---|---|
Malaria | A total of 2,718 cases including 2,474 imported cases (901 Pv and 1,403 Pf) in 2012 | Successful eradication since 1965 |
Leishmaniasis | A mean of about 400 cases per year with 97.71% of cases concentrated in the Xinjiang, Gansu and Sichuan provinces | NI |
Schistosomiasis | 13 acute cases in 2012 and approximately 68 million individuals at risk | Schistosoma japonicum Taiwan Changhua strain infects some mammal animals and rarely affects humans |
Filariasis | The elimination of filariasis confirmed by the WHO in 2005 | Eradication of bancroftian filariasis in Kinmen since 1978 |
Intestinal helminthiasis | Well-controlled intestinal helminthiasis, with 6.9 million infected people in 2012 | Rare (about 0.4% infection rate) in most regions in Taiwan except for the mountain regions |
Clonorchiasis | 15 million people infected with clonorchiasis | NI |
Cysticercosis | 7 million people infected with cysticercosis and 550,000 people infected with taeniasis | NI |
Echinococcosis | 380,000 cases of echinococcosis in 7 western provinces | NI |
Trichinellosis | 20 million people infected with trichinellosis | NI |
Others | 400 angiostrongyliasis cases | NI |