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KMID : 0425120130510010037
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Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
2013 Volume.51 No. 1 p.37 ~ p.42
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Current Status of Taeniasis in Thailand
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Anantaphruti Malinee Thairungroj
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Abstract
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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.
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KEYWORD
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Taenia saginata, Taenia asiatica, Taenia solium, distribution, age, sex, co-infection, worm burden, intraspecies variation
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