Differentiating Entamoeba histolytica, Entamoeba dispar and Entamoeba moshkovskii using nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in rural communities in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Romano, Ngui, Lorainne, Angal, Siti Aminah, Fakhrurrazi, Yvonne Ai, Lian Lim, Lau, Yee Ling, Jamaiah, Ibrahim, Rohela, Mahmud
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd 2012
• Subjects: QR Microbiology; RZ Other systems of medicine
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42327/1/Differentiating.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42327/; https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1756-3305-5-187
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Background: In this study, a total of 426 human faecal samples were examined for the presence of Entamoeba histolytica, Entamoeba dispar, Entamoeba moshkovskii infection via a combination of microscopic examination and nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) targeting 16S ribosomal RNA of Entamoeba...