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Detection of Cryptosporidium and Giardia infections in diarrhoeic patients from Nunavut (n=108) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and microscopy
| No. samples positive | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parasites | PCR | Microscopy | PCR and/or Microscopya | % of patients positive |
| Cryptosporidium spp. | 17 | 8 | 17 | 15.7 |
| Giardia duodenalis | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4.6 |
| Total | 22 | 11 | 22 | 20.3 |
Patients were considered infected if their stool sample was positive by either PCR or microscopy, or both.
