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Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Clin North Am. 2017 Aug;64(4):867–877. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2017.03.005

Table 1.

Prevalence and impact of major helminth infections, soil-transmitted helminths, and schistosomiasis, globally

	Major Human Species	Estimated Prevalence (Cases)	DALYs (Millions)	Deaths	References
Roundworm (Ascariasis)	Ascaris lumbricoides	761.9 million	1.075	2700	^2,4,7
Whipworm (Trichuriasis)	T trichiura	463.7 million	0.653	None specified	^2,4,7
Hookworm	N americanus and Ancylostoma sp	428.2 million	1.758	None specified	^2,4,7
Blood Fluke (Schistosomiasis)	S haematobium, S mansoni	252.3 million	2.613	4400	^2,4,7
Total		>1.9 billion	6.096	7100	—