Entamoeba gingivalis: epidemiology, genetic diversity and association with oral microbiota signatures in North Eastern Tanzania.

Christen Rune Stensvold Michelle Nielsen Vito Baraka Rolf Lood Kurt Fuursted Henrik Vedel Nielsen

Published in: Journal of oral microbiology (2021)

About one third of the cohort carried E. gingivalis ST1, and carriers had higher oral microbiome diversity and were more predominantly colonized by Aggregatibacter.

Keyphrases

genetic diversity
south africa
risk factors
gene expression