First molecular identification of Entamoeba moshkovskii in human stool samples in Tunisia.
We report the first intestinal infections in Tunisia with Entamoeba moshkovskii in two healthy adults. Entamoeba moshkovskii cysts were distinguished from those of the morphologically identical parasites Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar by specific nested polymerase chain reaction and sequencing.
Ayed
Soumaya Ben
SB
Laboratoire de recherche 05SP03, Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia.
Aoun
Karim
K
Maamouri
Nadia
N
Abdallah
Rym Ben
RB
Bouratbine
Aïda
A
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004747:Entamoeba / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014416:Tunisia
D017931:DNA Primers; D016054:DNA, Protozoan