Korean J Parasitol.  2013 Feb;51(1):19-29. 10.3347/kjp.2013.51.1.19.

Current Status and Perspectives of Cysticercosis and Taeniasis in Japan

• Yamasaki H

• KMID: 1501805
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2013.51.1.19

Abstract

This mini-review describes recent epidemiological trends in cysticercosis and taeniasis in Japan. Some of the topics discussed herein were presented at the first symposium on "Current perspectives of Taenia asiatica researches", that was held in Osong in Chungbuk Province, South Korea, in October 2011 and organized by Prof. K. S. Eom, Chungbuk National University School of Medicine. To better understand the trends in the occurrence of cysticercosis and taeniasis in Japan, clinical cases reported in 2005 have been updated. In addition, the current status of Taenia asiatica infections successively occurring in Japan since 2010 is also discussed.

Keyword

Taenia solium; Taenia asiatica; Taenia saginata; taeniasis; cysticercosis; Japan

MeSH Terms

Animals
Humans
Incidence
Japan/epidemiology
Prevalence
Taenia/*isolation & purification
Taeniasis/*epidemiology