Galán-Puchades M T, Fuentes M V
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Valencia, Spain.
Korean J Parasitol. 2000 Mar;38(1):1-7. doi: 10.3347/kjp.2000.38.1.1.
In certain Asian countries, a third form of human Taenia, also known as the Asian Taenia, has been discovered. This Asian Taenia seems to be an intermediate between Taenia solium and T. saginata since in morphological terms it is similar to T. saginata, yet biologically, as it uses the same intermediate host (pigs), it is more akin to T. solium. Taenia solium causes human cysticercosis, while T. saginata does not. It is not known whether the Asian taeniid is able to develop to the larval stage in humans or not. The arguments proposed by those authors who consider it unlikely that the Asian Taenia causes human cysticercosis are: (a) its molecular similarities with T. saginata; (b) the absence of cases of human cysticercosis in populations where the Asian adult is highly prevalent; and (c) the unsupporting results derived from an experimental infestation study. These three arguments are debated, although bearing in mind that at present there is still no clear scientific data to support that human cysticercosis can be caused by the Asian Taenia.
在某些亚洲国家，已发现人类绦虫的第三种类型，也被称为亚洲绦虫。这种亚洲绦虫似乎是猪带绦虫和牛带绦虫之间的中间类型，因为从形态学角度看它与牛带绦虫相似，但在生物学上，由于它使用相同的中间宿主（猪），所以更类似于猪带绦虫。猪带绦虫会导致人类囊尾蚴病，而牛带绦虫不会。目前尚不清楚亚洲带绦虫是否能够在人体内发育到幼虫阶段。那些认为亚洲绦虫不太可能导致人类囊尾蚴病的作者提出的论据有：（a）它与牛带绦虫的分子相似性；（b）在亚洲成虫高度流行的人群中没有人类囊尾蚴病病例；（c）一项实验性感染研究得出的无支持性结果。这三个论据存在争议，不过要记住，目前仍然没有明确的科学数据支持亚洲绦虫会导致人类囊尾蚴病这一观点。
