Current Status of Taeniasis in Thailand.
- Author:
Malinee Thairungroj ANANTAPHRUTI
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- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords: Taenia saginata; Taenia asiatica; Taenia solium; distribution; age; sex; co-infection; worm burden; intraspecies variation
- MeSH: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Animals; Child; Female; Genetic Variation; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Prevalence; Risk Factors; Sex Factors; Taenia/classification/genetics/isolation & purification; Taeniasis/*epidemiology; Thailand/epidemiology; Young Adult
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology 2013;51(1):37-42
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Taeniasis is prevalent in all regions of Thailand, except the South. Infections were more frequently found in males than females of any age from 7-83 years. Taenia saginata is the most common species throughout the country. Taenia asiatica was reported only in the province of Kanchanaburi in the Central region. Co-infections, with Taenia solium and T. asiatica or T. solium and T. saginata, were found. Hybridization between T. asiatica and T. saginata is evidence that co-infection is never found between these 2 species. Finding more than 1 worm in a single patient was not entirely rare. Genetic variation was found without correlation to its geographic distribution in T. saginata, whereas no variation was found in T. asiatica.
