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Volume 23, Number 12—December 2017
Historical Review

History of Taenia saginata Tapeworms in Northern Russia

Sergey V. Konyaev, Minoru Nakao, Akira Ito, and Antti LavikainenComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia (S.V. Konyaev); Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan (M. Nakao, A. Ito); University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (A. Lavikainen)

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Regions where infections with the northern strain of Taenia saginata tapeworms in Siberia and the Far East region of Russia were detected (dark gray shading). 1, Sakhalin Island in 1872 and 1955; 2, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, since the 19th century to the present time; 3, Olenyoksky District, Yakutia, 1958; 4, Taymyr Autonomous Okrug, 1977. The probable cradle of reindeer herding in Asia and site of the host switch from cattle to reindeer (the Sayan Mountains) is indicated by light gray sha

Figure 1. Regions where infections with the northern strain of Taenia saginata tapeworms in Siberia and the Far East region of Russia were detected (dark gray shading). 1, Sakhalin Island in 1872 and 1955; 2, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, since the 19th century to the present time; 3, Olenyoksky District, Yakutia, 1958; 4, Taymyr Autonomous Okrug, 1977. The probable cradle of reindeer herding in Asia and site of the host switch from cattle to reindeer (the Sayan Mountains) is indicated by light gray shading. The light gray dot indicates the Kan River archaeologic site where taeniid eggs were found from human remains buried 3,000–4,000 years ago.

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