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. 2012 Mar 19;15(2):83–92. doi: 10.1016/j.jus.2012.02.009

Table 2.

Screening for cystic echinococcosis.

No %
Patients 1058a
Patients with cysts 66b/1058 6.23
Age (years) 42 (range: 3–70)
Sex ratio (male/female) 24/42 1:2.3



Patients with active cysts (CE1–CE2) 39/66 59%
Patients with transitional cysts (CE3 a/b) 11/66 16.6%
Patients with inactive cysts (CE4–CE5) 29/66 43.9%
Patients with active and inactive cysts 10/66 15%

Bold represents more relevant data.

a

Patients screened in 2007 are excluded from this calculation.

b

Several patients had more than one type of cyst.