The electrophoretic isoenzyme patterns of strains of Entamoeba histolytica isolated in two major cities in Canada

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1987 Sep;37(2):296-301. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.1987.37.296.

Abstract

The isoenzyme patterns of 92 isolates of Entamoeba histolytica from British Columbia and 28 from Ontario were determined. Seropositivity for E. histolytica was assessed by indirect hemagglutination and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in the one center and by ELISA and amebic gel diffusion in the other. In both British Columbia and Ontario nonpathogenic zymodemes I and III were most common. A newly described isoenzyme pattern was identified in Ontario. Only 9 of 120 zymodeme patterns identified were found to be pathogenic strains of E. histolytica. Pathogenic isolates were strongly correlated with clinical symptoms and seropositivity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • British Columbia
  • Entamoeba histolytica / enzymology*
  • Entamoebiasis / parasitology
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Humans
  • Isoenzymes / isolation & purification*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Ontario

Substances

  • Isoenzymes