| taeniasis in mongolia, 2002-2006. | survey on secondary data of taeniasis/cysticercosis was carried out in mongolia in 2002-2006. a total of 118 taeniid proglottids, a diphyllobothriid segment, and 59 serum samples from 118 taeniasis cases were collected at national center for communicable diseases, ulaanbaatar, mongolia. in 2006, 14 serum samples were collected from local people who had histories of epileptic seizures in selenge province where pig husbandry was the main business. the 118 proglottids were confirmed to be taenia sa ... | 2007 | 17690409 |
| analysis of the full-length genome of hepatitis e virus isolates obtained from farm pigs in mongolia. | although no outbreaks of hepatitis e have been reported in mongolia, a significant proportion of the general population had antibodies to hepatitis e virus (hev). to investigate whether pigs are possible reservoirs of hev in mongolia, serum samples obtained from 243 2- or 3-month-old pigs on four swine farms surrounding ulaanbaatar, the capital city of mongolia, were tested for the presence of anti-hev antibodies and hev rna. overall, 223 pigs (91.8%) tested positive for anti-hev, while 89 pigs ... | 2007 | 17597486 |