Entamoeba species infection in patients seeking treatment for diarrhea and abdominal discomfort in Mukuru informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya
Entamoeba histolytica is the only pathogenic species of the Entamoeba genus and is morphologically identical to E. dispar/E. moshkovskii (Entamoeba complex) hence cannot be microscopically differentiated. The other Entamoeba spp. found in humans (E. hartmanni, E. polecki, and E. coli) can be differe...
Main Authors: | Erastus Mulinge, Cecilia Mbae, Benjamin Ngugi, Tabitha Irungu, Elizabeth Matey, Samuel Kariuki |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-06-01
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Series: | Food and Waterborne Parasitology |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405676621000135 |
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