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SUBMITTER: Lopez-Lopez P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5423754 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas 20170403 4
Amebiasis is one of the twenty major causes of disease in Mexico; however, the diagnosis is difficult due to limitations of conventional microscopy-based techniques. In this study, we analyzed stool samples using polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE) to differentiate between Entamoeba histolytica (pathogenic) and E. dispar (non-pathogenic). The target for the PCR amplification was a small region (228 bp) of the adh112 gene selected to increase the sensitivi ...[more]