Sympatric Distribution of Three Human Taenia Tapeworms Collected between 1935 and 2005 in Korea
- Authors
- Jeon, Hyeong-Kyu; Kim, Kyu-Heon; Chai, Jong-Yil; Yang, Hyun-Jong; Rim, Han-Jong; Eom, Keeseon S.
- Issue Date
- 12월-2008
- Publisher
- KOREAN SOC PARASITOLOGY, SEOUL NATL UNIV COLL MEDI
- Keywords
- Taenia solium; T. saginata; T. asiatica; sympatric distribution; molecular identification
- Citation
- KOREAN JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY, v.46, no.4, pp.235 - 241
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- KOREAN JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY
- Volume
- 46
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 235
- End Page
- 241
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/122319
- DOI
- 10.3347/kjp.2008.46.4.235
- ISSN
- 0023-4001
- Abstract
- Taeniasis has been known as one of the prevalent parasitic infections in Korea. Until recently, Taenia saginata had long been considered a dominant, and widely distributed species but epidemiological profiles of human Taenia species in Korea still remain unclear. In order to better understand distribution patterns of human Taenia tapeworms in Korea, partial nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial cox1 and ITS2 (internal transcribed spacer 2) were determined, along with morphological examinations, on 68 Taenia specimens obtained from university museum collections deposited since 1935. Genomic DNA was extracted from formalin-preserved specimens. Phylogenetic relationships among the genotypes (cox1 haplotype) detected in this study were inferred using the neighbor-joining method as a tree building method. Morphological and genetic analyses identified 3 specimens as T. solium, 51 specimens as T. asiatica, and 14 specimens as T. saginata. Our results indicate that all 3 Taenia tapeworms are sympatrically distributed in Korea with T. asiatica dominating over T. saginata and T. solium.
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