Written question asked by Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Labour) on Monday, 19 May 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 21 May 2008. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Monday, 2 June 2008 on behalf of the Department of Health.
Parasitic Diseases
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have been diagnosed with a toxocara canis infection in the last five years.
- Answer
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The number of people diagnosed with Toxocara species (Toxocara canis (T. canis) and Toxocara cati (T. cati)) infection in the last five years in England and Wales is shown in the following table:
Number of cases 2007 1 2006 1 2005 5 2004 5 2003 3 Note: Toxocara reports are not broken down by species into T. canis and T. cati. Source: Information provided by the Health Protection Agency.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 476 c601-2W; 207171
- Session
- 2007-08
- Subjects
- Toxocariasis
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