Molecular Identification of Zoonotic Tissue-Invasive Tapeworm Larvae Other than Taenia solium in Suspected Human Cysticercosis Cases.
Rarely, zoonotic Taenia species other than Taenia solium cause human cysticercosis. The larval stages are morphologically often indistinguishable. We therefore investigated 12 samples of suspected human cysticercosis cases at the molecular level and surprisingly identified one Taenia crassiceps and one Taenia serialis (coenurosis) infection, which were caused by tapeworm larvae normally infecting rodents and sheep via eggs released from foxes and dogs.
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
Dennis
D
Tappe
Ernst von Bergmann Klinikum, Potsdam, Germany.
Jörg
J
Berkholz
Ernst von Bergmann Klinikum, Potsdam, Germany.
Uwe
U
Mahlke
Ernst von Bergmann Klinikum, Potsdam, Germany.
Hartmut
H
Lobeck
Praxis für Pathologie Wangen, Wangen, Germany.
Thomas
T
Nagel
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
Alexandra
A
Haeupler
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
Birgit
B
Muntau
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.
Paul
P
Racz
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany University Medical Center, Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany sven@poppert.eu.
Sven
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4873-249X
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Poppert
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D010274:Parasitology / Q000379:methods*; D013621:Taenia / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D055815:Young Adult; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology