Review Article

DNA-Detection Based Diagnostics for Taenia solium Cysticercosis in Porcine

Table 1

PCR based techniques for Taenia solium identification.

MethodSampleTarget geneReferences

PCRCysticerciTBR gene[29]
CysticerciCOX1[27]
CysticerciCOX1, internal transcribed spacer 1[32]
Nested PCRProglottidsTsol31[10, 26]
SerumCOX1[14, 33]
Multiplex PCRcysticerci, proglottidsCOX1[14]