An improved method to distinguish Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar

M. A. GOMES; J. B. PESQUERO; C. FURST; P. R. VALLE; J. L. PESQUERO; E. F. SILVA

doi:10.1017/S0031182099004886

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A 482 base pair gene fragment from samples of amoebae E. histolytica and E. dispar was amplified by PCR. The amplification products of fragments from the 2 species of amoebae presented differences in mobility in non-denaturing polyacrylamide gel, probably due to sequence-dependent conformational alterations in the DNA fragments. The method described here permits E. histolytica and E. dispar to be distinguished with greater sensitivity and rapidity.

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