Table 4.
Prevalence of E. histolytica, E. dispar, and E. moshkovskii infections based on real-time PCR in microscopically positive faecal samples according to locations
| Location | Real-time PCR positive |
E. histolytica |
E. dispar |
E. moshkovskii |
E. histolytica + E. dispar |
E. histolytica + E. moshkovskii |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Kampung Gurney |
5 |
2 |
40 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
60 |
0 |
0 |
| Kampung Bumbun |
14 |
6 |
42.9 |
2 |
14.3 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
42.9 |
0 |
0 |
| Kampung Pangsun |
10 |
2 |
20 |
2 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
50 |
1 |
10 |
| Kampung Sungai Minyak |
2 |
2 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Kampung Kemensah |
1 |
1 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| SK Pos Piah |
16 |
5 |
31.3 |
6 |
37.5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
31.3 |
0 |
0 |
| Kampung Teras Pos Piah |
8 |
3 |
37.5 |
1 |
12.5 |
1 |
12.5 |
3 |
37.5 |
0 |
0 |
| Total | 56 | 21 | 37.5 | 11 | 19.6 | 1 | 1.8 | 22 | 39.3 | 1 | 1.8 |