Detection and molecular identification of Entamoeba species in faecal samples from Duhok province, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
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https://doi.org/10.17420/ap7002.526Keywords:
Entamoeba; Epidemiology; Nested PCR, 18S rRNA.Abstract
The study involved the estimation of the prevalence of Entamoeba spp. using microscopy and molecular techniques among symptomatic outpatients during April 2021 to March, 2022. Stool samples were collected from 2592 outpatients with amoebiasis symptoms of both sexes and different ages (≤ l to 60). Also, 107 stool samples were taken randomly from asymptomatic individuals and examined microscopically to detect infection with Entamoeba spp. the positive specimens were used for molecular analysis with positive symptomatic samples targeting the 18S rRNA gene by nested PCR. Microscopically 21.68% (562/2592) were positive, for Entamoeba spp. Males showed highest infection rate than females (67.43% vs 32.56%). Ages from 1-10 years showed the highest rate (54.09%), and urban inhabitant had somewhat a higher rate than rural one (58.54% vs 41.45%) which was statistically non-significant(P>0.05). Among asymptomatic individuals, 57% (61/107) were positive for Entamoeba spp. Nested PCR analysis yielded 73% positive samples for Entamoeba spp. with a fragment size of 897 bp. Three fragment sizes were produced, for E. histolytica, E. dispar and E. moshkovskii which were 439, 174 and 553 bps, respectively. Single infection occurred with, E. histolytica in 46%, of symptomatic and 6% of asymptomatic cases, E. dispar in 38% of asymptomatic and 10% of symptomatic cases, E. moshkovskii, reported at very low rate among both groups.
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