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Sep 2026
Molecular Detection of Taenia taeniaeformis in Wild Rats and Its Definitive Hosts from Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Taenia taeniaeformis is a zoonotic tapeworm affecting cats and dogs as definitive hosts, rodents as intermediate hosts, and occasionally humans as accidental hosts. Infected animals may suffer from weight loss, vomiting, malnutrition, and intestinal obstruction, while their presence in urban settings raises public heal...
Aoha Yamamoto, P. W. D. Perison, O. Awosolu et al.
· Malaysian applied biology · 0 citations