The tapeworm expulsion and the results of the different diagnostic tests done in Sepon district, Savannakhet province, Lao-PDR.

People receiving treatment for taeniasis and seropositives for cysticercosis is listed by village. Eighteen people received treatment for tapeworms with a total of 28 worms recovered from 16 patients. Kalouk Kao and Poung presented significantly more taeniasis than Ayay Yay and the Ethnic School students. Taenia asiatica diagnosed by mitochondrial DNA was recovered only from Kalouk Kao where 2 people harbored concomitant infection by T. saginata and T. asiatica.