Table 3.
Prevalence of E. histolytica, E. dispar and E. moshkovskii infections as determined by nested PCR in microscopically positive faecal samples according to locations
|
Location (s) |
PCR Positive |
E. histolytica only |
E. dispar only |
E. moshkovskii only |
E. histolytica + E. dispar |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Pos Iskandar |
29 |
28 |
96.6 |
1 |
3.4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Sungai Koyan |
4 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
50.0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
50.0 |
| Sungai Bumbun |
8 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
62.5 |
1 |
12.5 |
2 |
25.0 |
| Bukit Serok |
7 |
2 |
28.6 |
1 |
14.3 |
2 |
28.6 |
2 |
28.6 |
| Sungai Layau |
4 |
3 |
75.0 |
1 |
25.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total | 52 | 33 | 63.5 | 10 | 19.2 | 3 | 5.8 | 6 | 11.5 |