SEROPOSITIVITY FOR AND INTESTINAL COLONIZATION WITH ENTAMOEBA-HISTOLYTICA AND ENTAMOEBA-DISPAR IN INDIVIDUALS IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL

Authors
BRAGA LL MENDONCA Y PAIVA CA SALES A CAVALCANTE ALM MANN BJ
Citation
Ll. Braga et al., SEROPOSITIVITY FOR AND INTESTINAL COLONIZATION WITH ENTAMOEBA-HISTOLYTICA AND ENTAMOEBA-DISPAR IN INDIVIDUALS IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL, Journal of clinical microbiology, 36(10), 1998, pp. 3044-3045
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
36
Issue
10
Year of publication
1998
Pages
3044 - 3045
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1998)36:10<3044:SFAICW>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
In a slum community in northeastern Brazil 20% of a sample population was colonized with Entamoeba histolytica or Entamoeba dispar and 10.6% was colonized with E, histolytica alone. No correlation between serop ositivity for anti-GalNAc lectin antibody and colonization was found. These results suggest that colonization does not necessarily produce i mmunity to reinfection.