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.

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Anantaphruti, M. T. (2013). Current status of Taeniasis in Thailand. Korean Journal of Parasitology. https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2013.51.1.37

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