Sympatric Occurrence of<i>Taenia solium, T. saginata,</i>and<i>T. asiatica,</i>Thailand

Malinee T Anantaphruti, Hiroshi Yamasaki, Minoru Nakao, Jitra Waikagul, Dorn Watthanakulpanich, Supaporn Nuamtanong, Wanna Maipanich, Somchit Pubampen, Surapol Sanguankiat, Chatree Muennoo,

Emerging infectious diseases · 2007 · 105 citations · 10 references

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We confirmed sympatric occurrence of Taenia solium, T. saginata, and T. asiatica in western Thailand. DNA analysis of morphologically identified T. saginata, in a dual infection with T. solium, indicated it was T. asiatica. To our knowledge, this report is the first of T. asiatica and a dual Taenia infection from Thailand.

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