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Here we examined stool specimens by microscopy, DNA dot blot and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to evaluate the co-infection of four principal protozoans among amoebic dysentery cases from Northeast Indian population. The multiplex PCR confirmed<jats:italic>Entamoeba histolytica<\/jats:italic>(8\u00b71%),<jats:italic>Entamoeba dispar<\/jats:italic>(4\u00b78%) and mixed infection of both the parasites (3\u00b74%) in 68 of 356 stool specimens that were positive in microscopy and\/or HMe probe based DNA dot blot screening. The prevailing parasite that co-exists with<jats:italic>E. histolytica<\/jats:italic>was<jats:italic>Giardia duodenalis<\/jats:italic>(34\u00b71%), followed by<jats:italic>Enterocytozoon bieneusi<\/jats:italic>(22\u00b70%),<jats:italic>Cryptosporidium parvum<\/jats:italic>(14\u00b76%) and<jats:italic>Cyclospora cayetanensis<\/jats:italic>(7\u00b73%,<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>= 0\u00b7017). Symptomatic participants (odds ratio (OR) = 4\u00b707; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1\u00b706, 15\u00b768;<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>= 0\u00b7041), monsoon season (OR = 7\u00b747; 95% CI = 1\u00b740, 39\u00b784;<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>= 0\u00b7046) and participants with family history of parasitic infection (OR = 4\u00b750; 95% CI = 1\u00b716, 17\u00b751;<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>= 0\u00b7030) have significant association with overall co-infection rate. According to molecular consensus, comprehensive microscopy yielded 3\u00b74% (12\/356) false-negative and 7\u00b76% (27\/356) false-positive outcome, suggesting an improved broad-spectrum PCR-based diagnostic is required to scale down the poor sensitivity and specificity as well as implementation of integrated control strategy.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1017\/s0031182015000669","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,6,23]],"date-time":"2015-06-23T05:53:25Z","timestamp":1435038805000},"page":"1318-1325","update-policy":"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1017\/policypage","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Burden of major diarrheagenic protozoan parasitic co-infection among amoebic dysentery cases from North East India: a case report"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"142","author":[{"given":"JOYOBRATO","family":"NATH","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"GULZAR","family":"HUSSAIN","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"BABY","family":"SINGHA","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"JAISHREE","family":"PAUL","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"SANKAR KUMAR","family":"GHOSH","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,6,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"S0031182015000669_ref37","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.meegid.2009.06.008"},{"key":"S0031182015000669_ref36","unstructured":"World Health Organization (2002). 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