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Clinical and microscopic predictors of Entamoeba histolytica intestinal infection in travelers and migrants diagnosed with Entamoeba histolytica/dispar infection

BACKGROUND: Amebiasis is a protozoal infection caused by Entamoeba histolytica, while the morphologically indistinguishable E. dispar is considered as non-pathogenic. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays are necessary to differentiate both species. The most common clinical presentations of E. hist...

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Autores principales: Van Den Broucke, Steven, Verschueren, Jacob, Van Esbroeck, Marjan, Bottieau, Emmanuel, Van den Ende, Jef
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6233926/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30372434
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006892