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

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ngui, Romano ^a   Angal, Lorainne ^a   Fakhrurrazi, Siti Aminah ^a   Lian, Yvonne Lim Ai ^a   Ling, Lau Yee ^a   Ibrahim, Jamaiah ^a   Mahmud, Rohela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CYST (RESTING STAGE); ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBA MOSHKOVSKII; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBA MOSHKOVSKII;

EID: 84865614111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-187     Document Type: Article

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