Abstract
A limited outbreak of symptomatic intestinal and extraintestinal amoebiasis within a family complex is described. The infection was almost certainly transmitted by a Philippino housemaid, who was an asymptomatic carrier of Entamoeba histolytica infection acquired in her native country. Starch-gel electrophoresis showed isoenzyme patterns characteristic of pathogenic zymodeme XIX in all the amoebic isolates.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 403-405 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
Volume | 89 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1995 |
Keywords
- Amoebiasis
- Entamoeba histolytica
- Infection from asymptomatic carrier
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Parasitology
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Infectious Diseases
- Medicine(all)