Table 2. Prevalence rate; mono and mixed infection of E. histolytica, E. dispar and E. moshkovskii as scored by species specific PCR assay.

Entamoeba species (mono and mixed infections)	Total No. positive	Total EH* (Prevalence)	Total ED* (Prevalence)	Total EM* (Prevalence)
E. histolytica (mono-infection)	76	76	-	-
E. dispar (mono-infection)	74	-	74	-
E. moshkovskii (mono-infection)	32	-	-	32
E. moshkovskii +E. dispar (mixed-infection)	13	-	13	13
E. histolytica + E. dispar (mixed-infection)	44	44	44	-
E. histolytica + E. moshkovskii (mixed- infection)	35	35	-	35
E. histolytica + E. dispar + E. moshkovskii (mixed-infection)	18	18	18	18
Total (%)	292	173 (13.7)	149 (11.8)	98 (7.8)

*EH = E. histolytica

*ED = E. dispar

*EM = E. moshkovskii