Molecular diagnosis of Taenia saginata from two patients in Palestine: two case reports

Table 1 Summary of the main findings after laboratory examination of stool samples from two Palestinian patients (P-1 and P-2) admitted to health services in Ramallah and Hebron in the West Bank and diagnosed of taeniasis

Patient	Gender	Age	Parasitological findings		Molecular Diagnosis
Patient	Gender	Age	Microscopic	Macroscopic	PCR^a	Sequencing^b
P-1	Female	33	Taenia ova	Proglottids	Positive	T. saginata
P-2	Male	22	Taenia ova	Proglottids/tapeworm	Positive	T. saginata

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