Epidemiology of Ascariasis Yoshiaki Ito

VernacularTitle:回虫感染の疫学
Author: Yoshiaki Ito
Publication Type:Journal Article
From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine 1971;20(2):55-83
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: Ascariasis in Japan was epidemiologically studied through clarifying the relationship between the trends of the percentages of positive ova in feces in the whole country, prefecture, city town and village, and social and environmental factors such as economic level, agricultural conditions, and hygienic index. Concerning colonies and households, relationship between ascariasis and several environmental conditions was studied and the following results were obtained.