Phylogenetic characterization of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium in Japan: implications for the enigmatic evolutionary history

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• Taenia solium was found in wild boars in Japan in the years 2014 and 2023. • The life cycle of T . solium can be maintained in regions considered non-endemic. • The obtained haplotype was genetically distinct from haplogroups previously reported. • Taenia solium in Japan likely diverged long before the “Out of Africa” human dispersal. • The genetic diversity of T. solium is key to understanding its evolutionary...

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