We provide a detailed molecular and phylogenetic description of Bertiella studeri tapeworms infecting children in Sri Lanka. Our findings can be used to identify multiple species of Bertiella tapeworms that can infect human hosts in the Old World.
Keywords: 18S; 28S; Bertiella studeri; COX1; ITS2; NAD1; Sri Lanka; mitochondrial markers; nuclear ribosomal DNA markers; parasites; pediatric patients; phylogeny; zoonoses; zoonotic infection.