title: Taeniasis in Mongolia, 2002-2006.
abstract: Survey on secondary data of taeniasis/cysticercosis was carried out in Mongolia in 2002-2006. A total of 118 taeniid proglottids, a diphyllobothriid segment, and 59 serum samples from 118 taeniasis cases were collected at National Center for Communicable Diseases, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. In 2006, 14 serum samples were collected from local people who had histories of epileptic seizures in Selenge Province where pig husbandry was the main business. The 118 proglottids were confirmed to be Taenia saginata by mitochondrial DNA analysis using cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 and cytochrome b genes. T. saginata taeniasis was widely distributed at least in 10 of 21 provinces. No variation in the nucleotide sequences of the two genes was observed among T. saginata isolates from Mongolia. There was no evidence of Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis or Taenia asiatica taeniasis. A diphyllobothriid segment was confirmed to be Diphyllobothrium latum by mitochondrial DNA analysis.
authors: Department of Medical Biology, School of Biomedicine, Health Sciences University, Choidoglin Str.-3, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. narankhajid@yahoo.com
authors: Narankhajid
authors: N
authors: Myadagsuren
authors: Abmed
authors: A
authors: Davaajav
authors: Toni
authors: T
authors: Wandra
authors: Tsogtsaikhan
authors: T
authors: Sandar
authors: Purevdorj
authors: P
authors: Ichinkhorloo
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Yamasaki
authors: Yasuhito
authors: Y
authors: Sako
authors: Minoru
authors: M
authors: Nakao
authors: Marcello O
authors: MO
authors: Sato
authors: Kazuhiro
authors: K
authors: Nakaya
authors: Akira
authors: A
authors: Ito
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000097:blood; D001483:Base Sequence; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D045303:Cytochromes b / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008986:Mongolia / Q000453:epidemiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D041201:Taenia solium / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000909:Antibodies, Helminth; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D045303:Cytochromes b; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV