Molecular Diagnosis of Taenia saginata Tapeworm Infection in 2 Schoolchildren, Myanmar
- Eun Jeong Won
- Bong-Kwang Jung
- Hyemi Song
- Mi-Seon Kim
- Hyun-Seung Kim
- Keon Hoon Lee
- Min-Jae Kim
- Myung Geun Shin
- Jong Hee Shin
- Soon-Pal Suh
- Sung-Jong Hong
- Woon-Mok Sohn
- Thi Thi Htoon
- Htay Htay Tin
- Jong-Yil Chai
Publication date
June 2018
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ISSN
1080-6040 Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
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
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