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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med. 2007 Jun;120(6):545.e1–545.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.05.072

Online Appendix 1.

Resident survey answers

Parasite Species* Chronic Pulmonary Symptoms Greatest Mortality
% %
Ancylostoma duodenale (Hookworm) 12 5
Ascaris lumbricoides 43 10
Blastocystis hominis 20 9
Clonorchis sinensis (Oriental liver fluke) 2.3 1
Cryptosporidium parvum 11 --
Entamoeba histolytica (Amebiasis) 6 18
Paragonimus westermani (Oriental lung fluke) 18 4
Schistosoma species 14 11
Strongyloides stercoralis 62 35
Taenia species (tapeworm) 3.3 5
Trichuris trichuria (whipworm) 5 12
*

Endolimax nana, Entamoeba coli, Fasciolides, Giardia, Hymenolepis were also listed as possible answers but received <1% each. Cryptosporidium was not queried as to mortality.