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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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Phylogenetic analysis of the cox1 gene from a child with taeniasis in a study revealing molecular confirmation of autochthonous Taenia saginata infection, Timor-Leste, 2019. Phylogenetic tree of T. saginata and related taxa was based on partial mitochondrial cox1 gene sequences (458 bp). The evolutionary history was inferred by the neighbor-joining method with 1,000 bootstrap replicates; bootstrap values (>50%) are shown at branch nodes. Evolutionary distances computed using Kimura 2-parameter model. Analyses performed in MEGA 11 (https://www.megasoftware.net). The Timor-Leste isolate (GenBank PP837938.1, red box) clusters within the group A clade of T. saginata, distinct from T. asiatica (outgroup) and T. solium lineages. GenBank accession numbers are shown in parentheses.

Figure 2. Phylogenetic analysis of the cox1 gene from a child with taeniasis in a study revealing molecular confirmation of autochthonous Taenia saginata infection, Timor-Leste, 2019. Phylogenetic tree of T. saginata and related taxa was based on partial mitochondrial cox1 gene sequences (458 bp). The evolutionary history was inferred by the neighbor-joining method with 1,000 bootstrap replicates; bootstrap values (>50%) are shown at branch nodes. Evolutionary distances computed using Kimura 2-parameter model. Analyses performed in MEGA 11 (https://www.megasoftware.net). The Timor-Leste isolate (GenBank PP837938.1, red box) clusters within the group A clade of T. saginata, distinct from T. asiatica (outgroup) and T. solium lineages. GenBank accession numbers are shown in parentheses.

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