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. 2010 Aug;48(8):2988-90.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00013-10. Epub 2010 Jun 23.

Molecular identification of Entamoeba spp. in captive nonhuman primates

B Levecke  1 , Leentje Dreesen, Pierre Dorny, Jaco J Verweij, Francis Vercammen, Stijn Casaert, Jozef Vercruysse, Peter Geldhof
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Molecular identification of Entamoeba spp. in captive nonhuman primates

B Levecke et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Aug.

Abstract

This study describes the molecular identification of 520 Entamoeba-positive fecal samples from a large and diverse population of captive nonhuman primates (NHP). The results revealed the presence of Entamoeba histolytica (NHP variant only), E. dispar, E. moshkovskii, E. hartmanni, E. coli, and E. polecki-like organisms.

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