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Korean J Parasitol. 2009 Oct;47(Suppl):S115-S124.
Published online 2009 October 27.  doi: 10.3347/kjp.2009.47.S.S115.
Copyright © 2009 by The Korean Society for Parasitology
Geographical Distribution of Taenia asiatica and Related Species
Keeseon S. Eom,1 Hyeong-Kyu Jeon,1 and Han-Jong Rim2
1Department of Parasitology and Medical Research Institute, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Chongju, Chungbuk 361-763, Korea.
2Department of Parasitology, Korea University School of Medicine, Seoul 136-705, Korea.

Corresponding author (Email: kseom@chungbuk.ac.kr )
Received October 12, 2009; Revised October 13, 2009; Accepted October 13, 2009.

Abstract

Geographical information of Taenia asiatica is reviewed together with that of T. solium and T. saginata. Current distribution of T. asiatica was found to be mostly from Asian countries: the Republic of Korea, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, and Thailand. Molecular genotypic techniques have found out more countries with T. asiatica from Japan, the Philippines, and Vietnam. Specimens used in this paper were collected from around the world and mostly during international collaboration projects of Korean foundations for parasite control activities (1995-2009) in developing countries.

Keywords: Taenia asiatica, Taenia solium, Taenia saginata, geographical distribution, multiplex PCR, cox 1.
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