Table 2. Detection of several protozoa among 279 diarrheal fecal samples obtained from six collection centers

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Center	No. (%) of samples with positive to any protozoa by commercial Real-time PCR kits
Center	Cryptosporidium parvum	Giardia lamblia	Entamoeba histolytica	Cyclospora cayetanensis	Dientamoeba fragilis	Blastocystis hominis	Microsporidia species	Kudoa septempunctata
Center 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Center 2	0	0	0	0	0	2 (10.0)	0	0
Center 3	0	0	0	0	0	2 (8.7)	0	0
Center 4	0	0	0	0	0	1 (2.6)	0	0
Center 5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Center 6	1 (0.8)	0	0	0	0	2 (1.6)	1 (0.8)	0
Total positive No. (%)	1 (0.4)	0	0	0	0	7 (2.5)	1 (0.4)	0

Abbreviation: PCR, polymerase chain reaction.