title: Geographical distribution of Taenia asiatica and related species.
abstract: Geographical information of Taenia asiatica is reviewed together with that of T. solium and T. saginata. Current distribution of T. asiatica was found to be mostly from Asian countries: the Republic of Korea, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, and Thailand. Molecular genotypic techniques have found out more countries with T. asiatica from Japan, the Philippines, and Vietnam. Specimens used in this paper were collected from around the world and mostly during international collaboration projects of Korean foundations for parasite control activities (1995-2009) in developing countries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology and Medical Research Institute, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Chongju, Chungbuk 361-763, Korea. kseom@chungbuk.ac.kr
authors.forename: Keeseon S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Eom
authors.forename: Hyeong-Kyu
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.forename: Han-Jong
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Rim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001208:Asia; D003906:Developing Countries; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D013621:Taenia / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*