We postulated that apolysis was processed in accordance with apoptotic changes occurring in a cestode, Spirometra erinacei (Pseudophyllidea). We cloned the novel putative apoptosis-associated gene from S. erinacei via screening of a S. erinacei cDNA library with a ced-3 gene (activator of apoptosis) probe from Caenorhabditis elegans. We identified a 261-bp cDNA sequence, which encodes for an 86...

Fecal samples were collected from 204 humans and 229 dogs from 20 different temples in Bangkok, as well as communities in the surrounding temple ground areas. Human and dog stool samples were examined for intestinal parasites including Giardia using zinc sulfate flotation and microscopy. Hookworms were the most common parasite in dogs (58.1%) followed by Trichuris (20.5%), Isospora (10%), Giard...

Human sparganosis which was first reported by Patrick Manson in 1882 (Beaver, 1984) is a rare parasitic infection caused by the migrating plero­ cercoid larva or sparganum of a certain group of pseudophyllidean cestodes, namely in the genus Spirometra Mueller, 1937. The adults of these tapeworms are generally found in the intestinal lumen of domestic, feral, or wild canids and felids (Daly, 198...