Review
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2005.
World J Gastroenterol. Aug 14, 2005; 11(30): 4611-4617
Published online Aug 14, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i30.4611
Table 1 Human AE epidemiological survey in three counties of central eastern Gansu
YrCountyPersons investigatedPositive rate of immuno-test(%)
Ultrasonicmorbidity(%)
Intradermal testELISA
1986[6]Zhang County38019.22.4
1992[7]Zhang County13122.85.0
1998[8]Ming County12002.25.6
2003[9]Lintao10711.80.7
Table 2 Remote metastases of 270 cases with liver AE in China
Province or autonomousregion (yr)Number of cases of blood-stream metastasis (%)
Number of cases of lymphatic metastasis (%)
nLungBrainLung+brainSpleenLymph node ofporta hepatisLymph node ofperitoneal cavityLymph node ofcolonic mesentery
Xinjiang (1985)4332
Ningxia (1991)221
Sichuan (1994)2421
Gansu (1995)7032111
Qinghai (2000)1112721
Total27010 (3.7)11 (4.1)2 (0.7)2 (0.7)1 (0.4)2 (0.7)1 (0.4)