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Table 2 The distributions of morbidity and seropositive rates in school children by gender/age

From: Childhood suffering: hyper endemic echinococcosis in Qinghai-Tibetan primary school students, China

Item

Yushu

Guoluo

Yushu & Guoluoa

Females/Males

Females/Males

≤ 8 years

9–11 years

12–14 years

≥ 15 years

US-scan individuals

3600/3854

6075/6100

3415

8922

6038

1254

 AEacases

17/14 (0.5/0.4)

113/78(1.9/1.3)

34(1.0)

94(1.1)

77(1.3)

17(1.4)

 CE cases

10/17(0.3/0.4)

48/44(0.8/0.7)

12(0.4)

44(0.5)

50(0.8)

13(1.0)

 Echinococcosis -cases

27/31(0.8/0.8)

161/122(2.7/2.0)

46(1.3)

138(1.5)

127(2.1)

30(2.4)

P-value

<  0.001

<  0.001

Sero-test individuals

3422/3659

4984/4909

3087

8225

4772

885

 Sero-positive

158/144(4.6/3.9)

942/893(18.9/18.2)

424(13.7)

1121(13.6)

523(11.0)

69(7.8)

P-value

<  0.001

<  0.001

  1. AE: Alveolar echinococcosis; CE: Cystic echinococcosis; US: Ultrasound
  2. aAE cases included one case with coexistence of both AE and CE