Volume 9, Number 5—May 2003
Research
Entamoeba moshkovskii Infections in Children in Bangladesh
Ibne Karin M. Ali*†1, Mohammad Bakhtiar Hossain†1, Shantanu Roy†, Patrick F. Ayeh-Kumi‡, William A. Petri§, Rashidul Haque†, and C. Graham Clark*
Table 1
Oligonucleotide primers used to detect Entamoeba histolytica and E. dispar in stool specimens
| Primer | Primer sequence (5´ to 3´) |
|---|---|
| E-1 | TTT GTA TTA GTA CAA A |
| E-2 | GTA [A/G]TA TTG ATA TAC T |
| Eh-1 | AAT GGC CAA TTC ATT CAA TG |
| Eh-2 | TTT AGA AAC AAT GCT TCT CT |
| Ed-1 | AGT GGC CAA TTT ATG TAA GT |
| Ed-2 | TTT AGA AAC AAT GTT TCT TC |
| Em-1 | CTC TTC ACG GGG AGT GCG |
| Em-2 | TCG TTA GTT TCA TTA CCT |
| nEm-1 | GAA TAA GGA TGG TAT GAC |
| nEm-2 | AAG TGG AGT TAA CCA CCT |
| ArgTCT-1 | AGC ATC AGC CTT CTA AGC TG |
| ArgTCT-2 | CTT CCG ACT GAG CTA ACA AG |
| EmR-1 | GGC GCC TTT TTT ACT TTA TGG |
| EmR-2 | GCT AAC AAG GCC AAT CGA TAA A |
