Prevalence and pathogenicity of Entamoeba histolytica in three different regions of Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil Prevalência e patogenicidade da Entamoeba histolytica em três regiões diferentes do estado de Pernambuco, Nordeste Brasileiro

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Ivanize da Silva Aca, Seiki Kobayashi, Luiz Bezerra Carvalho Jr., Seiki Tateno, Tsutomu Takeuchi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1994
• Subjects: Entamoeba histolytica; Protozoan pathogenicity; Amebiasis; Northeast Brazil; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Nordeste
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651994000600008; https://doaj.org/article/566403d0e4bf4f90a2a6a9aab8d929b7

Parasitological examinations were carried out on 663 individuals of three different cities of Pernambuco State, Northeastern Brazil: Recife, Palmares and Bodocó. The population from a drought area of Pernambuco State, Bodocó, was investigated for amoebiasis and compared with Recife, metropolitan cit...