Infection of Taenia asiatica in a Bai Person in Dali, China.
- Author:
Li WANG
1
;
Xuenong LUO
;
Junling HOU
;
Aijiang GUO
;
Shaohua ZHANG
;
Hailong LI
;
Xuepeng CAI
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Reports ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords: Taenia asiatica; case report; cox1 gene; cytb gene
- MeSH: Adult; Animals; China; Cytochromes b/genetics; Electron Transport Complex IV/genetics; Humans; Male; Phylogeny; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; Taenia/classification/genetics/isolation & purification/*physiology; Taeniasis/*parasitology
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology 2016;54(1):67-70
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: We report here a human case of Taenia asiatica infection which was confirmed by genetic analyses in Dali, China. A patient was found to have symptoms of taeniasis with discharge of tapeworm proglottids. By sequencing of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) gene, we observed nucleotide sequence identity of 99% with T. asiatica and 96% with T. saginata. Using the cytochrome b (cytb) gene, 99% identity with T. asiatica and 96% identity with T. saginata were found. Our findings suggest that taeniasis of people in Dali, China may be mainly caused by T. asiatica.
