Prevalencia del complejo Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar en pacientes con síntomas gastrointestinales de diarrea procedentes de Cumaná, Estado Sucre

• Main Authors: Mora Leonor, García Ana, Donato Marcos
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales 2005
• Subjects: Amibiasis; gastrointestinal parasitosis; gastrointestinal symptoms; complex Entamoeba histolytica; Entamoeba dispar complex; diarrhea; complejo Entamoeba histolytica; Entamoeba dispar; parasitosis gastrointestinal; síntoma gastrointestinal; diarrea; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Alta; Arctic; Ritchie
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/f78b958b6ed64c3db33bff66ef1ac5e0

Abstract: Entamoeba histolytica is considered a public health problem due to its high prevalence and its consequences for the affected individuals, and especially in children where it can cause death. Few studies of the prevalence of this parasite have been carried out in northeastern Venezuela, and...