Authors: Sargeaunt PG Williams JE Jackson TFHG Simjee AE
Publish Date: 1982/01/01
Volume: 76, Issue: 3, Pages: 401-402
Abstract
PG Sargeaunt JE Williams TFHG Jackson AE Simjee A zymodeme study of Entamoeba histolytica in a group of South African schoolchildren Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Volume 76 Issue 3 1982 Pages 401–402 https//doiorg/101016/0035920382902000Using a biphasic culture medium stocks of intestinal amoebae were isolated from a group of children attending school in Durban South Africa These were compared with stocks collected in other areas of the world already characterized using the electrophoretic patterns of four enzymes glucose phosphate isomerase GPI phosphoglucomutase PGM Lmalate NADP+ oxidoreductase oxalacetatedecarboxylating ME and hexokinase HK 33 of 94 samples grew Entamoeba histolytica only one of which gave a pattern indicative of a pathogenic stock Entamoeba hartmanni Dientamoeba fragilis and Entamoeba coli were also grown from some samples increasing the total positive samples for all species isolated to 40
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