title: Infection of Taenia asiatica in a Bai Person in Dali, China.
abstract: We report here a human case of Taenia asiatica infection which was confirmed by genetic analyses in Dali, China. A patient was found to have symptoms of taeniasis with discharge of tapeworm proglottids. By sequencing of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) gene, we observed nucleotide sequence identity of 99% with T. asiatica and 96% with T. saginata. Using the cytochrome b (cytb) gene, 99% identity with T. asiatica and 96% identity with T. saginata were found. Our findings suggest that taeniasis of people in Dali, China may be mainly caused by T. asiatica.
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, P. R. China ; State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xuenong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Junling
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Aijiang
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Shaohua
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Parasitology, School of Basic Medicine, Dali University, Dali, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Hailong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, P. R. China ; State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xuepeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Cai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D045303:Cytochromes b / Q000235:genetics; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013621:Taenia / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000469:parasitology*
chemical_list: D045303:Cytochromes b; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV
keywords: Taenia asiatica; case report; cox1 gene; cytb gene