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Molecular Diagnosis of Taenia saginata Tapeworm Infection in 2 Schoolchildren, Myanmar

Eun Jeong Won, Bong-Kwang Jung, Hyemi Song, Mi-Seon Kim, Hyun Seung Kim, Keon Hoon Lee, Min Jae Kim, Myung‐Geun Shin, Jong Hee Shin, Soon‐Pal Suh, Sung‐Jong Hong, Woon‐Mok Sohn, Thi Thi Htoon, Htay Htay Tin, Jong-Yil Chai

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Taenia saginata is the most common human tapeworm worldwide but has been unknown in Myanmar. In 2017, fecal examination in Yangon, Myanmar, revealed eggs of Taenia species in 2 children from a monastic school. Several proglottids expelled after medication with praziquantel were morphologically and molecularly confirmed to be T. saginata tapeworms.

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Taenia saginata is the most common human tapeworm worldwide but has been unknown in Myanmar. In 2017, fecal examination in Yangon, Myanmar, revealed eggs of Taenia species in 2 children from a monastic school. Several proglottids expelled after medication with praziquantel were morphologically and molecularly confirmed to be T. saginata tapeworms.

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Taenia saginata is the most common human tapeworm worldwide but has been unknown in Myanmar. In 2017, fecal examination in Yangon, Myanmar, revealed eggs of Taenia species in 2 children from a monastic school. Several proglottids expelled after medication with praziquantel were morphologically and molecularly confirmed to be T. saginata tapeworms.

Key concepts: Taenia, Praziquantel, Taeniasis, Cestoda, Veterinary medicine, Biology, Feces, Niclosamide

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