Publication: Current status of Taeniasis in Thailand
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2013-03-11
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17380006
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Mahidol University
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Korean Journal of Parasitology. Vol.51, No.1 (2013), 37-42
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Malinee Thairungroj Anantaphruti Current status of Taeniasis in Thailand. Korean Journal of Parasitology. Vol.51, No.1 (2013), 37-42. doi:10.3347/kjp.2013.51.1.37 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/31948
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Current status of Taeniasis in Thailand
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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. © 2013, Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine.