Table 1.

Helminth egg positive rates in the feces of residents in Savannakhet Province, Laos (July 2002)

^a)Fecal examination was performed by the Kato-Katz thick smear technique. One smear was examined for each person.

^b)Including the eggs of heterophyids (Heterophyidae) and lecithodendriids (Lecithodendriidae).