Molecular Diagnosis of Taenia saginata Tapeworm Infection in 2 Schoolchildren, Myanmar

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Won, Eun Jeong ; Jung, Bong-Kwang ; Song, Hyemi ; Kim, Mi-Seon ; Kim, Hyun-Seung ; Lee, Keon Hoon ; Kim, Min-Jae ; Shin, Myung Geun ; Shin, Jong Hee ; Suh, Soon-Pal ; Hong, Sung-Jong ; Sohn, Woon-Mok ; Htoon, Thi Thi ; Tin, Htay Htay ; Chai, Jong-Yil
• Description:
  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 praziquantel were morphologically and molecularly confirmed to be T. saginata tapeworms.
• Subjects:
  Animals Child Feces/Parasitology Genes, Helminth Humans Molecular Diagnostic Techniques Phylogeny Polymerase Chain Reaction Taenia Saginata Taeniasis
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 24(6):1156-1158.
• Pubmed ID:
  29774855
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6004857
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Letter
• Place as Subject:
  Myanmar
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1aee758dcdf1bcf0a466d5ad55fea7c01fd312570e3225ef812ae106dbb75f41
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/56345/cdc_56345_DS1.pdf
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