LUMINEX®: a new technology for the simultaneous identification of five Entamoeba spp. commonly found in human stools

Table 2 List of probes used in this study

Specificiy(ies)	Probes	Probe sequence (5′ – 3′)	Length (nt)
E. histolytica	Hist 1	TAGTACAAAATGGCCAATT	19
E.histolytica	Hist 116	GGTTAGTAAAATACAAGG	18
E. histolytica	Hist 168	CGATCCAGTTTGTATTAGT	19
E. histolytica	Hist 200	TATTAGTACAAAATGGCCAAT	21
E. histolytica	Hist 242	AATGAATTGAGAAATGACAT	20
E. dispar	Disp1	ACGATCCAATTTGTATT	17
E.dispar	Disp 2	GTTAGAGATTAAGCCAT	17
E.dispar	Disp 3	TAGAGATTAAGCCATGC	17
E.dispar	Disp 4	ATGTTAGAGATTAAGCCA	18
E. dispar	Disp186	GACGATCCAATTTGTATT	18
E. dispar	Disp 238	GTAAGTAAATTGAGAAATGAC	21
E. moshkovskii	Emosh 1	AGACGATCCGGTTTGTAT	18
E. moshkovskii	Emosh 2	TAAATACTCTTACGAAATC	19
E. moshkovskii	M1	GTATGACAATTGTAGAGC	18
E. moshkovskii	M2	ATGGTATGACAATTGTAGA	19
E. moshkovskii	M3	GACAATGTAGAGCACACAG	19
E. hartmanni	Ehart 1	ATGAGAATATCTGATCTA	18
E. hartmanni	Ehart 123	ATTAGTAAGTACAAGGAT	18
E. coli	Ecoli 165	TGACGGTTTTCACCCCTT	18
E. coli	Ecoli 310	AGAGATTTTCACAAGTCA	18
E.histolytica and E. dispar	Hist/Disp 275	TTAGGATGCCACGACAATT	19
E. hist, E. disp, E. coli, E. hart, E. mosh	EGP 1	TACAGGATAGCTTTGTGAAT	20
E. hist, E. disp, E. coli, E. hart, E. mosh	EGP 2	TGAATGATAAAGATAATACT	20

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