Title |
LUMINEX®: a new technology for the simultaneous identification of five Entamoeba spp. commonly found in human stools
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Published in |
Parasites & Vectors, March 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1756-3305-6-69 |
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Authors |
Helena Lúcia Carneiro Santos, Kakali Bandyopadhyay, Rebecca Bandea, Regina Helena Saramago Peralta, José Mauro Peralta, Alexandre Januário Da Silva |
Abstract |
Six species of the genus Entamoeba, i.e., E. histolytica, E. dispar, E. moshkovskii, E. polecki, E. coli, and E. hartmanii can be found in human stools. Among these, only E. histolytica is considered to be pathogenic, causing intestinal and extra-intestinal disease, but it is morphologically identical to E. dispar and E. moshkovskii. In general, E. polecki, E. coli, and E. hartmanii can be differentiated morphologically from E. histolytica, but some of their diagnostic morphologic features may overlap creating issues for the differential diagnosis. Moreover, the previous inability to differentiate among Entamoeba species has limited epidemiologic information on E histolytica. The objective of this study was to develop a rapid, high-throughput screening method using Luminex technique for the simultaneous detection and differentiation of Entamoeba species. |
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