Table 2.
Prevalence of Entamoeba infection based on microscopy, nested PCR, and real-time PCR assays
| Location |
No. |
Microscopy |
Nested PCR |
Real-time PCR |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Examined | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Kampung Gurney |
48 |
5 |
10.4 |
4 |
80 |
5 |
100 |
| Kampung Bumbun |
50 |
14 |
28 |
12 |
85.7 |
14 |
100 |
| Kampung Pangsun |
55 |
10 |
18.2 |
10 |
100 |
10 |
100 |
| Kampung Sungai Minyak |
29 |
2 |
6.9 |
2 |
100 |
2 |
100 |
| Kampung Kemensah |
54 |
2 |
3.7 |
2 |
100 |
1 |
50 |
| SK Pos Piah |
30 |
19 |
63.3 |
14 |
73.7 |
16 |
84.2 |
| Kampung Teras Pos Piah |
68 |
13 |
19.1 |
8 |
61.5 |
8 |
61.5 |
| Total | 334 | 65 | 19.5 | 52 | 80 | 56 | 86.2 |