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Worms in Australia
Author(s) -
Grove David I
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1993.tb137968.x
Subject(s) - dracunculiasis , onchocerciasis , filariasis , helminthiasis , helminths , tropical disease , parasitic disease , biology , neglected tropical diseases , diethylcarbamazine , ecology , geography , disease , veterinary medicine , zoology , immunology , medicine , pathology
Fortunately, Australia does not have many of the parasitic worm infections, such as filariasis, onchocerciasis and dracunculiasis, that are important on a global scale. Nevertheless, several medically important parasitic worms are endemic in Australia. Intestinal nematodes occur mostly in the tropical north although threadworm is ubiquitous. Hydatid disease and tapeworm infections occur especially in sheep and cattle farming regions. (Med J Aust 1993; 159: 464‐466)