Molecular diagnosis of taenia saginata tapeworm infection in 2 schoolchildren, Myanmar

Abstract

Taenia saginata is the most common human tapeworm worldwide but has been unknown in Myanmar. In 2017, fecal examination in Yangon, Myanmar, revealed eggs of Taenia species in 2 children from a monastic school. Several proglottids expelled after medication with praziquan-tel were morphologically and molecularly confirmed to be T. saginata tapeworms.