Entamoeba species infection in patients seeking treatment for diarrhea and abdominal discomfort in Mukuru informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya

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Entamoeba histolytica is the only pathogenic species of the Entamoeba genus and is morphologically identical to E. dispar/E. moshkovskii (Entamoeba complex) hence cannot be microscopically differentiated. The other Entamoeba spp. found in humans (E. hartmanni, E. polecki, and E. coli) can be differentiated morphologically from this Entamoeba complex. However, some of their morphologic features overlap making...