Table 2. Major Helminth Infections in Oceania.

Diseasea	Estimated Number of Cases in Oceania	Percentage of Global Disease Burden	Refs
Hookworm infection	5.5 million	1%	[18], [129]
Lymphatic Filariasis	2.7 million	2%	[34], [130]
Trichuriasis	1.2 million	<1%	[18], [129]
Ascariasis	1.2 million	<1%	[18], [129]

^aNumbers for the hookworm infection, trichuriasis, and ascariasis were derived by multiplying the current population of each nation as reported in Table 1 by the percentage of people infected as reported in reference [18].