Molecular differentiation of Entamoeba spp. in a rural community of Loja province, South Ecuador

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 737-739

  Levecke, B ^a   Dreesen, L ^a   Barrionuevo Samaniego, M ^b   Ortiz, W Benitez ^b   Praet, N ^c   Brandt, J ^c   Dorny, P ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Entamoeba histolytica; PCR reverse line hybridization blot

Indexed keywords

AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CYST; ECUADOR; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL AREA;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ECUADOR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH;

ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

EID: 81055156039     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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