title: Current status of taeniasis in Thailand.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Helminthology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420/6 Ratchawithi Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand. tmmtr@mahidol.ac.th
authors: Malinee Thairungroj
authors: MT
authors: Anantaphruti
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D013621:Taenia / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Taenia asiatica; Taenia saginata; Taenia solium; age; co-infection; distribution; intraspecies variation; sex; worm burden