Umar Zein, Sahat Siregar, Indra Janis, Abdul Harris Pane, Jan Maurisdo Purba, Teguh Wahyu Sardjono, Toni Wandra, Kadek Swastika, Hadyanto Lim, Tetsuya Yanagida, Munehiro Okamoto, Akira Ito
In North Sumatra, Indonesia, taeniasis has previously been reported solely from Samosir Island located in Lake Toba. In 2014, however, three individuals were identified with taeniasis after voluntarily reporting for treatment, stimulating a subsequent investigation conducted in 2017. This investigation indicated that a previously unidentified endemic area exists in Simalungun District. Molecular analysis showed the worms to be hybrid-derived descendants of Taenia asiatica and Taenia saginata, which is consistent with specimens identified previously from Samosir Island. © 2018 Elsevier B.V.
Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Islamic University of North Sumatra, Medan, Indonesia; Dr.Umar Zein Tropical Disease and Infection Clinic, Medan, Indonesia; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Islamic University of North Sumatra, Medan, Indonesia; Department of Obstetry and Ginaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Islamic University of North Sumatra, Medan, Indonesia; Health Office, Simalungun District, Medan, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia; Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia; Directorate of Postgraduate, Sari Mutiara Indonesia University, Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia; Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University, Bali, Indonesia; Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Methodist University of Indonesia, Medan, Indonesia; Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan; Center for Human Evolution Modeling Research, Primate Reserch Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama, Japan; Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan
