morphologic and genetic identification of taenia tapeworms in tanzania and dna genotyping of taenia solium. | species identification of taenia tapeworms was performed using morphologic observations and multiplex pcr and dna sequencing of the mitochondrial cox1 gene. in 2008 and 2009, a total of 1,057 fecal samples were collected from residents of kongwa district of dodoma region, tanzania, and examined microscopically for helminth eggs and proglottids. of these, 4 taenia egg positive cases were identified, and the eggs were subjected to dna analysis. several proglottids of taenia solium were recovered f ... | 2011 | 22355207 |