title: Epidemiology of amebiasis in Mexico: a molecular approach.
abstract: The differentiation of the two Entamoeba species E. histolytica and E. dispar through molecular characterization in the last decade of the twentieth century led to the need to re-evaluate the epidemiology of amebiasis in terms of prevalence and morbidity of the infection in the world's population, particularly in those geographic regions with high endemic rates.
authors.affiliation: Experimental Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México (UNAM), México, D.F., México. cximenez@servidor.unam.mx
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ximénez
mesh_terms: D000562:Amebiasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D008800:Mexico; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology