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 praziquantel were morphologically and molecularly confirmed to be T. saginata tapeworms.

SUBMITTER: Won EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6004857 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature