High prevalence of Entamoeba moshkovskii infection in HIV seropositive patients of Barak Valley, Assam, India
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High prevalence of Entamoeba moshkovskii infection in HIV seropositive patients of Barak Valley, Assam, India
Results Out of 274 stool samples, multiplex PCR assay of 61 microscopy positive samples showing cyst and/ trophozoite stage of Entamoeba, revealed a higher prevalence of E. moshkovskii (12.8%; 95% CI= 9.30, 17.28) and lower prevalence of E. dispar (6.2%; 95% CI=3.85, 9.77) compared to E. histolytica (8.1%; 95% CI= 5.31, 11.91; p< 0.05). Of the 61 samples that were microscopically positive, 5 we...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Infectious Diseases
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-s3-p1