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TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
卷 8, 期 12, 页码 1153-1156出版社
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-2276.2003.01145.x
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Entamoeba histolytica; Entamoeba dispar; Sub-Saharan Africa
Since the redescription of the potentially invasive Entamoeba histolytica, separating it from the morphologically identical non-invasive Entamoeba dispar, there is a need for the reassessment of epidemiological data on amoebiasis. In this context we conducted a descriptive survey on the presence of E. histolytica and E. dispar in a rural area in northern Ghana. We found a high prevalence (39.8%) of the E. histolytica/E. dispar complex with microscopy, but E. histolytica and E. dispar-specific DNA amplification using real-time polymerase chain reaction identified only one E. histolytica case and revealed a considerably higher prevalence of E. dispar (82.8%).
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