Taenia solium, Taenia saginata, Taenia asiatica, their hybrids and other helminthic infections occurring in a neglected tropical diseases' highly endemic area in Lao PDR.

• Main Authors: Marcello Otake Sato (Author), Megumi Sato (Author), Tetsuya Yanagida (Author), Jitra Waikagul (Author), Tiengkham Pongvongsa (Author), Yasuhito Sako (Author), Surapol Sanguankiat (Author), Tipparayat Yoonuan (Author), Sengchanh Kounnavang (Author), Satoru Kawai (Author), Akira Ito (Author), Munehiro Okamoto (Author), Kazuhiko Moji (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Most part of Southeast Asia is considered endemic for human-infecting Taenia tapeworms; Taenia solium, T. saginata, and T. asiatica. However, until now there was no report of the occurrence of human cases of T. asiatica in Lao PDR. This study, conducted in Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR, microscopica...