Table 3.
Prevalence of E. histolytica, E. dispar, and E. moshkovskii infections based on PCR in microscopically positive faecal samples according to locations
| Location | Nested PCR |
E. histolytica |
E. dispar |
E. moshkovskii |
E. histolytica + E. dispar |
E. histolytica + E. moshkovskii |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Kampung Gurney |
4 |
4 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Kampung Bumbun |
12 |
7 |
58.3 |
3 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
16.7 |
0 |
0 |
| Kampung Pangsun |
10 |
3 |
33.3 |
2 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
50 |
0 |
0 |
| Kampung Sungai Minyak |
2 |
2 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Kampung Kemensah |
2 |
2 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| SK Pos Piah |
14 |
11 |
78.6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
21.4 |
0 |
0 |
| Kampung Teras Pos Piah |
8 |
5 |
62.5 |
2 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
12.5 |
0 |
0 |
| Total | 52 | 34 | 65.4 | 7 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 21.2 | 0 | 0 |