TABLE I.

Public health importance of selected human parasitic infections

Disease	Population at risk (m)	Endemic countries (n)	Cases/year (m)	Mortality (deaths/year × 1,000)
Malaria	2,000	90	300–500	1,080
Leishmaniasis	350	82	12	41
Chagas disease	90	19	16	21
Trypanosomiasis	50	36	20,000–300,000	50
Entamoeba	-	-	500	40–100
Giardia	-	-	200	-
Lymphatic filariasis	750	65	119	NDM
Schistosomiasis	500–600	74	200	11
Fascioliasis	180.25	8	2.39	-
Onchocerciasis	122	34	17.6	NDM
Taeniasis	40	-	15	-

adapted from Molyneux (2006) and Hotez et al. (2006). m: million; NDM: no direct mortality.