HDP2: a ribosomal DNA (NTS-ETS) sequence as a target for species-specific molecular diagnosis of intestinal taeniasis in humans

Table 1 Species-specific diagnosis of human taeniosis using Sn-HDP2 cPCRs and Sn-HDP2 qPCR. In serial fecal samples, the comparison of both PCR and microcopy observation (MO) results is included

Case	Origin	Sex	Age (yrs)	Species	Proglottids		Fecal samples
					Sn HDP2 cPCRa	Sn HDP2 qPCR	Sn HDP2 cPCRa & qPCR			MO
					Sn HDP2 cPCRa	Sn HDP2 qPCR	1	3	3	1	2	3
1	Spain	Female	18	T. saginata	+	+
2	France	Male	47	T. saginata	+	+
3	Spain	Female	34	T. saginata	+	+	+	+		–	–
4	Spain	Male	33	T. saginata	+	+
5	Spain	Male	37	T. saginata	+	+
6	Spain	Female	29	T. saginata	+	+
7	Spain	Female	32	T. saginata			+			+
8	Spain	Female	33	T. saginata	+	+	+			+
9	Spain	Female	84	T. saginata	+	+
10	Paraguay	Female	48	T. saginata	+	+	+	+	+	+	–	–
11	Bolivia	Female	29	T. saginata	+	+
12	Nicaragua	Female	37	T. saginata	+	+
13	Colombia	Female	43	T. solium	+	+
14	Ethiopia	Female	65	T. saginata			+			+
15	Unknown	Male	35	T. saginata	+	+
16	Unknown	Female	34	T. saginata	+	+
17	Unknown	Male	15	T. saginata	+	+
18	Unknown	Male	47	T. saginata	+	+

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