Research Article
Xenic Cultivation and Genotyping of Pathogenic Free-Living Amoeba from Public Water Supply Sources in Uganda
Table 2
Prevalence and mean across water sources.
| | Parasite | QEPA | KLA | | Tap water | Environmental water
() | Tap water | Environmental water
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| | Acanthamoeba spp. | | | | | | (+) (%) | 36 (43) | 107 (33) | 48 (28.2) | 15 (23.1) | | Mean ± SEM | 2.26 ± 0.4 | 8.92 ± 1.6 | 5.2 ± 1.2 | 2.4 ± 1.3 | | Hartmannella spp. | | | | | | (+) (%) | 19 (22.6) | 58 (17.9) | 38 (22.4) | 10 (15.4) | | Mean ± SEM | 1.20 ± 0.15 | 4.93 ± 0.92 | 4.4 ± 1.0 | 0.9 ± 0.16 | | Naegleria spp. | | | | | | (+) (%) | 12 (14.3) | 43 (13.3) | 25 (14.7) | 9 (13.8) | | Mean ± SEM | 0.5 ± 0.15 | 1.58 ± 0.6 | 3.5 ± 1.1 | 0.5 ± 0.3 |
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