Korean J Parasitol.  2009 Oct;47(Suppl):S115-S124. 10.3347/kjp.2009.47.S.S115.

Geographical Distribution of Taenia asiatica and Related Species

• Eom KS
• Jeon HK
• Rim HJ

• KMID: 1734305
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2009.47.S.S115

Abstract

Geographical information of Taenia asiatica is reviewed together with that of T. solium and T. saginata. Current distribution of T. asiatica was found to be mostly from Asian countries: the Republic of Korea, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, and Thailand. Molecular genotypic techniques have found out more countries with T. asiatica from Japan, the Philippines, and Vietnam. Specimens used in this paper were collected from around the world and mostly during international collaboration projects of Korean foundations for parasite control activities (1995-2009) in developing countries.

Keyword

Taenia asiatica; Taenia solium; Taenia saginata; geographical distribution; multiplex PCR; cox 1

MeSH Terms

Animals
Asia
Developing Countries
Echinococcosis/*parasitology
Humans
Taenia/classification/genetics/*isolation & purification