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Taenia asiatica: the Most Neglected Human Taenia and the Possibility of Cysticercosis

  • Galan-Puchades, M. Teresa (Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Valencia) ;
  • Fuentes, Mario V. (Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Valencia)
  • Received : 2012.03.01
  • Accepted : 2012.12.18
  • Published : 2013.03.15
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Abstract

Not only Taenia solium and Taenia saginata, but also Taenia asiatica infects humans. The last species is not included in the evaluation of the specificity of the immunodiagnostic techniques for taeniasis/cysticercosis. There is currently no specific immunodiagnostic method for T. asiatica available. Therefore, due to the fact that molecular techniques (the only tool to distinguish the 3 Taenia species) are normally not employed in routine diagnostic methods, the 2 questions concerning T. asiatica (its definite geographic distribution and its ability to cause human cysticercosis), remain open, turning T. asiatica into the most neglected agent of human taeniasis-cysticercosis.

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