2020
DOI: 10.1101/2020.09.20.20197616
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Urban versus rural prevalence of intestinal parasites using multi-parallel qPCR in Colombia

Abstract: Stool samples from 122 children from urban slum (n = 72) and rural (n = 50) areas were analyzed using multi-parallel real-time qPCR to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites from two communities in Colombia. Findings indicated a prevalence of 86.1% Blastocystis spp., 62.5% Giardia intestinalis, 19.4% Cryptosporidium spp., 19.4% Ascaris lumbricoides, and 5.6% Trichuris trichiura in an urban slum; and 76% Blastocystis spp., 68% Giardia intestinalis, 20% Entamoeba histolytica, 50% Ascaris lumbricoides, … Show more

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