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Chronic Diarrhea Caused by Amebic Colitis and Inflammatory Bowel Disease [PDF]
, 2007 The diagnosis of intestinal amebiasis is easily established based on colonoscopy, i.e. there is a specific characteristic of ulcer/lesion “discrete flask-shape ulcer” with normal mucosa among the ulcers.
Purnomo, H. D. (Hery) +3 more
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Survey of intestinal parasites in swine farms raised in Western Nepal
Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 9, Issue 5, Page 2107-2117, September 2023., 2023 High prevalence of intestinal parasites was recorded in the commercial and smallholder pig farms in Western Nepal. Risk factors like the age, gender and weight of the host, types of farms and awareness of the caretakers were incriminated to the parasite burden.
Barshat Chaudhary +2 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2009 The protozoan intestinal parasite Entamoeba histolytica infects millions of people worldwide and is capable of causing amebic dysentery and amebic liver abscess.
Paul H Davis +5 more
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Real-time analysis of gut flora in Entamoeba histolytica infected patients of Northern India
BMC Microbiology, 2012 Background Amebic dysentery is caused by the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica and the ingestion of quadrinucleate cyst of E. histolytica from fecally contaminated food or water initiates infection.
Verma Anil Kumar +3 more
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mBio, 2018 Entamoeba histolytica is the etiologic agent of amebic dysentery, though clinical manifestation of infection is highly variable ranging from subclinical colonization to invasive disease.
Genevieve L. Wojcik +14 more
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Journal of the American Medical Association, 1909 The subject of amebic dysentery is one that is commanding increasing attention in all tropical and temperate countries. It has not been a great while since it was universally believed that this form of dysentery existed only in tropical countries, except in those cases in which it was imported from the tropics to temperate climates. Many cases, however,
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BMC Microbiology, 2012 Background The outcome of an Entamoeba histolytica infection is variable and can result in either asymptomatic carriage, immediate or latent disease (diarrhea/dysentery/amebic liver abscess). An E.
Gilchrist Carol A +10 more
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Primary Pulmonary Amebiasis Complicated with Multicystic Empyema
Case Reports in Pulmonology, 2016 Amebiasis is a parasitic infection caused by the protozoan Entamoeba histolytica. While most infections are asymptomatic, the disease could manifest clinically as amebic dysentery and/or extraintestinal invasion in the form of amebic liver abscess or ...
Ali Zakaria +2 more
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Giardia Cyst Wall Protein 1 Is a Lectin That Binds to Curled Fibrils of the GalNAc Homopolymer [PDF]
, 2010 The infectious and diagnostic stage of Giardia lamblia (also known as G. intestinalis or G. duodenalis) is the cyst. The Giardia cyst wall contains fibrils of a unique β-1,3-linked N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) homopolymer and at least three cyst wall ...
Bullitt, Esther +6 more
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Immune response of amebiasis and immune evasion by Entamoeba histolytica
Frontiers in Immunology, 2016 Entamoeba histolytica is a protozoan parasite and the causative agent of amebiasis. It is estimated approximately 1% of humans are infected with E. histolytica, resulting in an estimate of 100,000 deaths annually.
Kumiko eNakada-Tsukui +2 more
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