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Objective To understand the present status of human parasitic infections and their characteristics in rural areas of the southern part of Jiangsu Province, to provide basis of making practical control measures.Methods Four thousand and eighty-two people were examined with stool tests and those people were distributed in 8 slected spots in the southern part of Jiangsu Province,according to the methods of national investigation scheme on human principal parasites. Results The avarage infection rate of parasites was 6.71%. The male and female infection rates of parasites were 4.77% and 8.42%,respectively. There were significant differences (P
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366 cases of carcinoma of the oesophagus in Songklanagarind Hospital, from February 1982 to August 1987, were studied. There were 274 male and 92 female patients, Male to female ratio was 2.97:1. Mean age was 62.58 years with mean age in male patients 63.59 and female 59.62. There were 45 Muslim patients (12.3%). Location of tumour was most common at the midthoracic portion (50.98). There were 111 patients from Songkhla, 57 from Nakhon Si Thammarat, 40 from Phatthalung, 39 from Trang, 27 from Narathiwat, 23 from Pattani, 18 from Yala, 17 from Surat Thani, 10 from Krabi, 10 from Satun, 5 from Phuket, 4 from Phangnga, 2 from Ranong and 1 from Trat, Chumphon, Bangkok. The incidence at tumour for males in Songkhla was 3.27/100,000 and the incidence of frmales was 0.92/100,000.