
We collected fecal samples from 21 individuals infected with Taenia tapeworms in Koh Kong Province, Cambodia, and performed nucleotide sequencing of the cox1 gene and multiplex PCR on the eggs for DNA differential diagnosis of human Taenia tapeworms. Genomic DNA was extracted from the eggs of a minimum number of 10 isolated from fecal samples. Using oligonucleotide primers Ta7126F, Ts7313F, Tso7466F, and Rev7915, the multiplex PCR assay proved useful for differentially diagnosing Taenia solium, Taenia saginata, and Taenia asiatica based on 706, 629, and 474 bp bands, respectively. All of the Taenia specimens from Kho Kong, Cambodia, were identified as either T. saginata (n=19) or T. solium (n=2) by cox1 sequencing and multiplex PCR.
Adult, Male, Cyclooxygenase 1/genetics*, Taeniasis/parasitology*, Adolescent, 590, 610, Brief Communication, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Feces, Young Adult, egg DNA, Taenia solium, Animals, Humans, Taenia saginata/isolation & purification, Child, DNA Primers, Taeniasis, DNA Primers/genetics, Taenia saginata/genetics*, Taenia solium/genetics*, Feces/parasitology, Taenia saginata, DNA, Taenia solium/enzymology*, Helminth Proteins, Sequence Analysis, DNA, multiplex PCR, DNA, Helminth, Middle Aged, Helminth/genetics, Taenia solium/isolation & purification, Cyclooxygenase 1, Taenia saginata/enzymology*, molecular survey, Female, Helminth Proteins/genetics*, Helminth/chemistry, Cambodia, Sequence Analysis
Adult, Male, Cyclooxygenase 1/genetics*, Taeniasis/parasitology*, Adolescent, 590, 610, Brief Communication, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Feces, Young Adult, egg DNA, Taenia solium, Animals, Humans, Taenia saginata/isolation & purification, Child, DNA Primers, Taeniasis, DNA Primers/genetics, Taenia saginata/genetics*, Taenia solium/genetics*, Feces/parasitology, Taenia saginata, DNA, Taenia solium/enzymology*, Helminth Proteins, Sequence Analysis, DNA, multiplex PCR, DNA, Helminth, Middle Aged, Helminth/genetics, Taenia solium/isolation & purification, Cyclooxygenase 1, Taenia saginata/enzymology*, molecular survey, Female, Helminth Proteins/genetics*, Helminth/chemistry, Cambodia, Sequence Analysis
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