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Volume 32, Number 7—July 2026

Research Letter

Molecular Confirmation of Autochthonous Taenia saginata Infection, Timor-Leste, 2019

Hanna Jin, Sung-Tae Hong, Merita Antonio Armindo Monteiro, Endang da Silva, Odete da Silva Viegas, Felix dos Santos Lopes, Dong Hee Kim, and Sung Hye KimComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Seoul National University College of Medicine, Jongno-gu, South Korea (H. Jin, S.-H. Hong, D.H. Kim); National Institute of Public Health, Dili, Timor-Leste (M.A. Armindo Monteiro, E. da Silva); Ministry of Health, Dili (O. da Silva Viegas); World Health Organization, Timor-Leste Country Office, Dili (F. dos Santos Lopes); Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seongdong-gu, South Korea (S.H. Kim)

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Figure 1

Proglottids of Taenia saginata beef tapeworm collected from an 11-year-old girl in Dili, Timor-Leste, informing an investigation focused on molecular confirmation of autochthonous T. saginata infection, Timor-Leste, 2019. A) Gross morphology of proglottids, showing flat, creamy-white segments, measuring 12–15 mm in length. The scolex was confirmed to lack rostellar hooks on gross examination. Scale bar = 1 cm. B) Acetocarmine-stained proglottid showing 18–20 lateral uterine branches, morphologically consistent with T. saginata tapeworm and excluding T. solium tapeworm.

Figure 1. Proglottids of Taenia saginata beef tapeworm collected from an 11-year-old girl in Dili, Timor-Leste, informing an investigation focused on molecular confirmation of autochthonous T. saginata infection, Timor-Leste, 2019. A) Gross morphology of proglottids, showing flat, creamy-white segments, measuring 12–15 mm in length. The scolex was confirmed to lack rostellar hooks on gross examination. Scale bar = 1 cm. B) Acetocarmine-stained proglottid showing 18–20 lateral uterine branches, morphologically consistent with T. saginata tapeworm and excluding T. solium tapeworm.

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