| molecular analyses reveal two geographic and genetic lineages for tapeworms, taenia solium and taenia saginata, from ecuador using mitochondrial dna. | tapeworms taenia solium and taenia saginata are the causative agents of taeniasis/cysticercosis. these are diseases with high medical and veterinary importance due to their impact on public health and rural economy in tropical countries. the re-emergence of t. solium as a result of human migration, the economic burden affecting livestock industry, and the large variability of symptoms in several human cysticercosis, encourage studies on genetic diversity, and the identification of these parasite ... | 2016 | 27769720 |
| taeniosis-cysticercosis in man and animals in the sierra of northern ecuador. | taenia solium is endemic in the andean region of ecuador. the recent rediscovery of taenia saginata in humans urges to reconsider some assumptions in relation to the epidemiology of the taeniosis/cysticercosis complex in this country.therefore, data were compiled on the infection of both tapeworms in man and animals in pichincha and imbabura provinces in the andean region, north of quito. on post mortem inspection 3 out of 806 (0.37%) carcasses had t. saginata metacestodes, however, 35 sera out ... | 2003 | 14651875 |
| prevalence of anti-taenia solium antibodies in sera from outpatients in an andean region of ecuador. | sera from 9,254 individuals that presented at one of three outpatient clinics in quito, ecuador were assayed by indirect hemagglutination for the presence of antibodies reactive with antigens from taenia solium cysts. immunoblot analysis of 81 selected sera with iha titers ranging from 0 to 1,028 showed that a titer of > or = 32 was suggestive of exposure to the parasite. nine percent (9%) of the 9,254 patients had titers of 32 or greater. of 3,503 sera from one clinic, which included sera from ... | 1995 | 8731367 |