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Comparative Analysis of Intestinal Parasitic Infections and Risk Factors Affected by the Pandemic Among Primary Schoolchildren in the Provinces of Manzini and Lubombo, Kingdom of Eswatini: A Follow‐Up Study in 2019 and 2022

Journal of Tropical Medicine, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Background: Intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) are a persistent public health challenge in low‐ and middle‐income countries, particularly among school‐aged children. Objective: This study aimed to compare IPI prevalence and risk factors before and after the COVID‐19 pandemic in Eswatini, based on the hypothesis that pandemic‐related disruptions may
Ai-Wen Yin, Mathobela Mbongiseni, Ting-Wu Chuang, Chia-Mei Chou, Chia-Kwung Fan, Priya Gusain   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of Entamoeba histolytica and E. dispar infection in Maceió, Alagoas State, northeast Brazil

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2016
Introduction: A cross-sectional study was carried out to assess the prevalence of E. histolytica and E. dispar by examining stool samples obtained from 1,003 students of public schools in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil.
Rafael V Santos, Gilberto Fontes, Iasmin A C Duarte, José A. Santos-Júnior, Eliana M M Rocha   +4 more
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Laboratory diagnosis of amebiasis in a sample of students from southeastern Brazil and a comparison of microscopy with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for screening of infections with Entamoeba sp.

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2014
Introduction: Epidemiological studies on amebiasis have been reassessed since Entamoeba histolytica and E. dispar were first recognized as distinct species.
Valeriana Valadares Pereira, Abiqueila da Silva Conceição, Leandro Henrique Silva Maximiano, Leonardo de Queiroz Gomes Belligoli, Eduardo Sergio da Silva   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Frequency of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar prevalence among patients with gastrointestinal complaints in Chelgerd city, southwest of Iran

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2011
Background: Differentiation between Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar is very important for both clinical therapy and epidemiological studies. Although these two species are morphologically identical, they have differences in genetic, chemical ...
Nader Pestehchian, Mahnaz Nazary, Ali Haghighi, Mansour Salehi, Hosinali Yosefi   +4 more
doaj  

Occurrence of Giardia, Cryptosporidium, and Entamoeba in wild rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) living in urban and semi-rural North-West India

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2017
Giardia duodenalis, Cryptosporidium spp., and Entamoeba spp. are intestinal protozoa capable of infecting a range of host species, and are important causes of human morbidity and mortality.
John J. Debenham, Kristoffer Tysnes, Sandhya Khunger, Lucy J. Robertson   +3 more
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Prevalence of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar in Gonabad City, 2006, Iran [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2007
Background: Differential diagnosis of two protozoan parasites Entamoeba histolytica and E. dispar is of great clinical and epide¬miologi¬cal importance, but except in the case of haematophagous trophozoites in acute dysentery, it is not possible to ...
M Rostami Nejad, F Mesgarian, M Azimi Rad, A Haghighi, E Nazemalhoseini Mojarad, MR Zali   +5 more
doaj  

Molecular Identification and Prevalence of Entamoeba histolytica, Entamoeba dispar and Entamoeba moshkovskii in Erbil City, Northern Iraq. [PDF]

Pol J Microbiol, 2020
Faqe Mahmood SA, Mustafa HB.
europepmc   +1 more source

Differential Diagnosis of Entamoeba spp. in Clinical Stool Samples Using SYBR Green Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction

The Scientific World Journal, 2014
Amoebiasis, a disease caused by Entamoeba histolytica, is usually diagnosed by microscopic examination, which does not differentiate the morphologically identical species of the E. histolytica/E. dispar complex.
Thiago dos Santos Gomes, Mariana Coimbra Garcia, Flavia de Souza Cunha, Heloisa Werneck de Macedo, José Mauro Peralta, Regina Helena Saramago Peralta   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Infections with Giardia duodenalis and Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar as Hidden and Prevalent Conditions in Periurban Communities in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [PDF]

J Trop Med, 2020
Calegar DA, Monteiro KJL, Gonçalves AB, Boia MN, Jaeger LH, Nunes BC, Carvalho-Costa FA.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Extraintestinal Entamoeba moshkovskii Infection, Eastern India. [PDF]

Emerg Infect Dis
Sardar SK, Ghosal A, Haldar T, Ganguly B, Das K, Ganguly S.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source