| current status of human taeniasis in lao people's democratic republic. | human taeniasis was investigated in lao people's democratic republic (lao pdr) between 2000 and 2011 as part of the nation's helminthiasis survey. a total of 55,038 inhabitants, including 29,846 school children, were examined using the kato-katz and scotch-tape anal swab method, and morphological observation of adult worms. molecular identification of taenia tapeworms was performed by multiplex pcr or dna sequence analysis of the mitochondrial cox1 gene. taenia eggs were present at a rate of 1.5 ... | 2013 | 23710098 |