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SUBMITTER: Hawash YA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7231832 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The Korean journal of parasitology 20200430 2
In most developing countries, Dientamoeba fragilis infection is an obscure protozoan infection. We aimed to determine a frequency and clinical importance of D. fragilis infection in Taif, Saudi Arabia. A 1-year case control study included patients with gastrointestinal (cases, n=114) or non-gastrointestinal symptoms (controls, n=90). The fecal samples were examined with the classical parasitological methods for intestinal protozoa, and by real time PCR for D. fragilis. The infection by D. fragil ...[more]