TABLE 3.

Results of reverse line blot analysis of PCR products obtained from 20 human fecal samples from rural villages in northern Ghana with Entamoeba species- and variant-specific oligonucleotides

Combination of species found	No. of samplesa
E. dispar, E. hartmanni, and E. coli	......7
E. dispar and E. hartmanni	......1
E. dispar and E. coli	......1
E. hartmanni, E. coli, and E. polecki variant 2	......1
E. hartmanni and E. coli	......4
E. hartmanni	......2
E. polecki variant 2	......1
None	......3

^aNumber of samples that hybridized with the Entamoeba-specific probe or other genus- and variant-specific probes.