Worms in Australia
Grove, D.I.
Medical Journal of Australia 159(7): 464-466
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-729X PMID: 8412919 Document Number: 411227
Fortunately, Australia does not have many of the parasitic worm infections, such as filariasis, onchocerciasis and dracunculiasis, that are important on a global scale. Nevertheless, several medically important parasitic worms are endemic in Australia. Intestinal nematodes occur mostly in the tropical north although threadworm is ubiquitous. Hydatid disease and tapeworm infections occur especially in sheep and cattle farming regions.