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We postulated H<\/jats:italic><\/jats:styled-content>.\u2009nana<\/jats:italic> infections would remain unchanged despite the introduction of deworming programmes as H<\/jats:italic><\/jats:styled-content>.\u2009nana<\/jats:italic> is not eradicated with albendazole treatment.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Methods<\/jats:title>A retrospective observational analysis of consecutive microbiologically confirmed cases of H<\/jats:italic><\/jats:styled-content>.\u2009nana<\/jats:italic> identified by NT<\/jats:styled-content> Government health\u2010care facilities between 2002 and 2013.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>Four hundred sixty\u2010one episodes of H<\/jats:italic><\/jats:styled-content>.\u2009nana<\/jats:italic> infection were identified over the 12\u2010year period from 68\u2009387 faecal samples. Infections were overwhelmingly in young children with a median age of patients being 3.0 years (interquartile range 2.25\u20134.67). Patients were predominantly I<\/jats:styled-content>ndigenous (98.9%, P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.001) and infections occurred across the entire NT<\/jats:styled-content>. Infections were associated with anaemia (18.2%) and eosinophilia (39.6%). The annual prevalence of NT<\/jats:styled-content> Government health\u2010care facility diagnosed H<\/jats:italic><\/jats:styled-content>.\u2009nana<\/jats:italic> infection remains relatively constant from 6.9 {4.8\u20139.0 (confidence interval (CI<\/jats:styled-content>))} cases per 10\u2009000 I<\/jats:styled-content>ndigenous population in 2002, compared with 6.6 (4.7\u20138.4 CI<\/jats:styled-content>) cases per 10\u2009000 I<\/jats:styled-content>ndigenous population in 2013. Infection rates in I<\/jats:styled-content>ndigenous children <5 years of age were: 46.1 (16.4\u201375.8 CI<\/jats:styled-content>) cases\/10\u2009000 in 2002, compared with 44.3 (15.3\u201373.3 CI<\/jats:styled-content>) cases\/10\u2009000 I<\/jats:styled-content>ndigenous population in 2013.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Conclusion<\/jats:title>H<\/jats:italic><\/jats:styled-content>.\u2009nana<\/jats:italic> is the most frequently identified cestode (tapeworm) in NT<\/jats:styled-content> Government health\u2010care facilities. 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