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Infection of Taenia asiatica in a Bai Person in Dali, China

  • Wang, Li (College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University) ;
  • Luo, Xuenong (State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences) ;
  • Hou, Junling (State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences) ;
  • Guo, Aijiang (State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences) ;
  • Zhang, Shaohua (State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences) ;
  • Li, Hailong (Department of Human Parasitology, School of Basic Medicine, Dali University) ;
  • Cai, Xuepeng (College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University)
  • Received : 2015.10.15
  • Accepted : 2016.01.03
  • Published : 2016.02.29
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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.

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