[Human tapeworm findings in Gottwaldov].

The author deals with the problems of taeniidoses in the region of Gottwaldov and informs about findings of taeniidoses in the parasitological laboratory at OHS Gottwaldov from 1956-1978. During this period of time 31,502 patients were examined because of enteroparasites, and taeniarhynchosis was determined in 355 cases (1.1%). Taenia sodium was only shown in 2 cases. Hymenolepis nana was shown with 18 patients (0.06%). Furthermore 3 cases of echinococcoses in human beings are described, once in the heart, twice in the lungs. In the text there is also a reference to the experiences in treatment. The author points out that taeniidoses have been registered (Surveillance method) in Czechoslovakia since 1979.