Differentiating Entamoeba histolytica, Entamoeba dispar and Entamoeba moshkovskii using nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in rural communities in Malaysia

Table 1 Overall prevalence of Entamoeba infection in the studied populations as determined by microscopy according to gender and age groups (N = 426)

Characteristics	N	n	%	95% CI
Gender
Male	201	32	15.9	10.8-21.0
Female	225	43	19.1	14.0-24.2
Age groups
Children	313	48	15.3	11.3-19.3
Adults	113	27	23.9	16.0-31.8
Total (Overall prevalence)	426	75	17.6	14.0-21.2

N: Total number examined; n: Entamoeba positive by microscopy;%: Percentage; 95% CI: Confidence Interval.

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