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An Analytical Approach for Temporal Infection Mapping and Composite Index Development

Mathematics, 2023
Significant and composite indices for infectious disease can have implications for developing interventions and public health. This paper presents an investment for developing access to further analysis of the incidence of individual and multiple ...
Weiwei Wang, Futian Weng, Jianping Zhu, Qiyuan Li, Xiaolong Wu   +4 more
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Amebic Dysentery in Chicago

American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health, 1934
Herman N. Bundesen
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THE TREATMENT OF AMEBIC DYSENTERY [PDF]

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1916
The conclusions following in this paper are from an experience with amebic dysentery in the Department of Sanitation of the Canal Zone in Panama, covering the period from 1904 to 1913 inclusive. During that time various therapeutic measures were tried: First, the treatment with quinin irrigations, a measure carried over from the Philippine service ...
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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, Verma Ravi, Ahuja Vineet, Paul Jaishree   +3 more
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Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals Genetic Link between Diarrhea-Associated Entamoeba histolytica Infection and Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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, Chelsea Marie, Mayuresh M. Abhyankar, Nobuya Yoshida, Koji Watanabe, Alexander J. Mentzer, Tommy Carstensen, Josyf Mychaleckyj, Beth D. Kirkpatrick, Stephen S. Rich, Patrick Concannon, Rashidul Haque, George C. Tsokos, William A. Petri, Priya Duggal   +14 more
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A Multilocus Sequence Typing System (MLST) reveals a high level of diversity and a genetic component to Entamoeba histolytica virulence

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, Ali Ibne Karim M, Kabir Mamun, Alam Faisal, Scherbakova Sana, Ferlanti Eric, Weedall Gareth D, Hall Neil, Haque Rashidul, Petri William A, Caler Elisabet   +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, Bayan Al-Share, Khaled Al Asad   +2 more
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Queuine Is a Nutritional Regulator of Entamoeba histolytica Response to Oxidative Stress and a Virulence Attenuator

mBio, 2021
Queuosine is a naturally occurring modified ribonucleoside found in the first position of the anticodon of the transfer RNAs for Asp, Asn, His, and Tyr.
Shruti Nagaraja, Maggi W. Cai, Jingjing Sun, Hugo Varet, Lotem Sarid, Meirav Trebicz-Geffen, Yana Shaulov, Mohit Mazumdar, Rachel Legendre, Jean-Yves Coppée, Thomas J. Begley, Peter C. Dedon, Samudrala Gourinath, Nancy Guillen, Yumiko Saito-Nakano, Chikako Shimokawa, Hajime Hisaeda, Serge Ankri   +17 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, Tomoyoshi eNozaki, Tomoyoshi eNozaki   +2 more
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Spatiotemporal and Seasonal Trends of Class A and B Notifiable Infectious Diseases in China: Retrospective Analysis

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 2023
BackgroundChina is the most populous country globally and has made significant achievements in the control of infectious diseases over the last decades.
Junyao Zheng, Ning Zhang, Guoquan Shen, Fengchao Liang, Yang Zhao, Xiaochen He, Ying Wang, Rongxin He, Wenna Chen, Hao Xue, Yue Shen, Yang Fu, Wei-Hong Zhang, Lei Zhang, Samir Bhatt, Ying Mao, Bin Zhu   +16 more
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