Of all parasitic diseases, malaria causes the most deaths globally. Malaria kills more than 400,000 people each year, most of them young children in sub-Saharan Africa.
What is the world's most widely parasitic disease?
Foodborne Ascaris infection (12.3 million cases, 95% UI 8.29–22.0 million) and foodborne toxoplasmosis (10.3 million cases, 95% UI 7.40–14.9 million) were the most common foodborne parasitic diseases.
What are the top three parasites worldwide?
lumbricoides can infect over a billion, T. trichiura 795 million, and hookworms 740 million people (3). Other species of intestinal helminths are not widely prevalent. Intestinal helminths rarely cause death.
What human parasite is responsible for 1 million deaths in the world?
According to the 2021 World Malaria Report: Nearly half the world's population lives in areas at risk of malaria transmission in 87 countries and territories. In 2020, malaria caused an estimated 241 million clinical episodes, and 627,000 deaths. An estimated 95% of deaths in 2020 were in the WHO African Region.
What are the two most common parasitic infections?
Examples of parasitic infections The most common ones found in North America include Giardia infections (through contaminated water) and toxoplasmosis (spread by cats).
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