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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 1998, p. 3044-3045, Vol. 36, No. 10
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Seropositivity for and Intestinal Colonization with Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar in Individuals in Northeastern Brazil

Lucia L. Braga,1 Yacy Mendonca,2 Clece A. Paiva,1 Andrea Sales,1 Andre L. M. Cavalcante,1 and Barbara J. Mann3,*

Department of Medicine, Clinical Research Unit-University Hospital Walter Cantidio,1 and Department of Pathology and Legal Medicine,2 Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, Brazil, and Departments of Internal Medicine and Microbiology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, Virginia3

Received 30 March 1998/Returned for modification 3 June 1998/Accepted 24 June 1998

In a slum community in northeastern Brazil 20% of a sample population was colonized with Entamoeba histolytica or Entamoeba dispar and 10.6% was colonized with E. histolytica alone. No correlation between seropositivity for anti-GalNAc lectin antibody and colonization was found. These results suggest that colonization does not necessarily produce immunity to reinfection.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: MR4 Building, Room 2115, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA 22908. Phone: (804) 924-9666. Fax: (804) 924-0075. E-mail: bjm2r{at}virginia.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 1998, p. 3044-3045, Vol. 36, No. 10
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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