Korean J Parasitol.
2016 Feb;54(1):67-70. 10.3347/kjp.2016.54.1.67.
Infection of Taenia asiatica in a Bai Person in Dali, China
- Affiliations
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- 1College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, P. R. China. sdhywangli@163.com, caixp@vip.163.com
- 2State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, P. R. China.
- 3Department of Human Parasitology, School of Basic Medicine, Dali University, Dali, P. R. China.
- KMID: 2374019
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2016.54.1.67
Abstract
- We report here a human case of Taenia asiatica infection which was confirmed by genetic analyses in Dali, China. A patient was found to have symptoms of taeniasis with discharge of tapeworm proglottids. By sequencing of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) gene, we observed nucleotide sequence identity of 99% with T. asiatica and 96% with T. saginata. Using the cytochrome b (cytb) gene, 99% identity with T. asiatica and 96% identity with T. saginata were found. Our findings suggest that taeniasis of people in Dali, China may be mainly caused by T. asiatica.
