Korean J Parasitol.  2013 Feb;51(1):37-42. 10.3347/kjp.2013.51.1.37.

Current Status of Taeniasis in Thailand

• Anantaphruti MT

• KMID: 1501807
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2013.51.1.37

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.

Keyword

Taenia saginata; Taenia asiatica; Taenia solium; distribution; age; sex; co-infection; worm burden; intraspecies variation

MeSH Terms

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