Short Report: First Molecular Identification of Entamoeba moshkovskii in Human Stool Samples in Tunisia

Soumaya Ben Ayed , Karim Aoun (1) , Nadia Maamouri (2) , Rvm Ben Abdallah , Aïda Bouratbine (1)

1 Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Institut Pasteur de Tunis
2 Service de Gastroentérologie

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.

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Soumaya Ben Ayed, Karim Aoun, Nadia Maamouri, Rvm Ben Abdallah, Aïda Bouratbine. Short Report: First Molecular Identification of Entamoeba moshkovskii in Human Stool Samples in Tunisia. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2008, 79 (5), pp.706-707. ⟨pasteur-01375215⟩