First Molecular Identification of Entamoeba moshkovskii in Human Stool Samples in Tunisia

Soumaya Ben Ayed Laboratoire de recherche 05SP03, Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia; Service de Gastroentérologie La Rabta, Tunis, Tunisia

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Karim Aoun Laboratoire de recherche 05SP03, Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia; Service de Gastroentérologie La Rabta, Tunis, Tunisia

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Nadia Maamouri Laboratoire de recherche 05SP03, Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia; Service de Gastroentérologie La Rabta, Tunis, Tunisia

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Rym Ben Abdallah Laboratoire de recherche 05SP03, Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia; Service de Gastroentérologie La Rabta, Tunis, Tunisia

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Aïda Bouratbine Laboratoire de recherche 05SP03, Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia; Service de Gastroentérologie La Rabta, Tunis, Tunisia

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We report the first intestinal infections in Tunisia with Entamoeba moshkovskii in two healthy adults. Entamoeba moshkovskii cysts were distinguished from those of the morphologically identical parasites Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar by specific nested polymerase chain reaction and sequencing.

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