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PCR positivity (%) of E. dispar, E. moshkovskii among the stool samples that were positive for E. histolytica/E. dispar/E. moshkovskii by microscopy and/or culturea.
| Type of Entamoeba species | No. of samples positive by nested multiplex PCR | (%) |
| E. moshkovskii | 37 | 2.1 |
| E. dispar | 171 | 9.9 |
| E. histolytica | 70 | 4.0 |
a Total number of stool samples collected from patients attending JIPMER hospital, Puducherry, India, with complaints of gastrointestinal discomfort = 1,720
