Bovine cysticercosis is caused by the larval stage of the human tapeworm Taenia saginata. According to European data on meat inspection, the prevalence ranges from 0.007% to 6.8%, but the real prevalence is considered to be at least 10 times higher. Laboratory confirmation of the etiological agent is based on gross, stereomicroscopic, and histological examination of submitted specimens. False i...

Epidemiological situation of taeniasis in Mongolia was assessed based on mitochondrial DNA identification of the parasite species. Multiplex PCR was used on a total of 194 proglottid specimens of Taenia species and copro-PCR and loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assays were utilized for detection of copro-DNA of 37 fecal samples from taeniasis patients submitted to the Mongolian Nat...

In the present study, we have extended earlier taxonomic, biochemical and experimental investigations to characterize two species of Taenia from carnivores in Kenya by use of the sequences of a variable domain (D1) of nuclear ribosomal DNA and the cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 and NADH dehydrogenase 1 genes of mitochondrial DNA. Emphasis was placed on the characterization of Taenia madoquae fr...

ANNA VERSTER. A taxonomic revision of the genus Taenia Linnaeus, 1758 s. str. Onderstepoort J. vet. Res. 36 (1), 358. The genus Taenia Linnaeus, 1758 sensu strictu is revised. Besides the type species, Taenia solium Linnaeus, 1758, the valid species are: T. acinonyxi; T. brachyacantha; T. crassiceps; T. crocutae; T. endothoracicus; T. gonyamai; T. hyaenae; T. hydatigena; T. ingwei; T. laticolli...