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Entamoeba histolytica [PDF]

Definitions, 2020
This datasheet on Entamoeba histolytica covers Identity, Distribution, Hosts/Species Affected.
Anwesha Bandyopadhyay, Sudip K Ghosh
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Intestinal Parasites of Zoonotic Significance in Human and Domestic Animals in a Rural Setting in Nepal. [PDF]

Vet Med Sci
Intestinal parasites are shared among humans and domestic animals. Rural setting is critical to enhance parasite zoonosis in Nepal. ABSTRACT Intestinal parasitic (IP) species with zoonotic significance are major public health issues, mostly prevalent in developing countries, leading to high morbidity and mortality. The present study aimed to assess the
Rai P, Ghimire TR.
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Diversity, geographical distribution, and prevalence ofEntamoebaspp. in Brazil: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

Parasite, 2021
The genus Entamoeba includes a variety of widely distributed species adapted to live in the digestive tracts of humans and a large variety of animals of different classes.
A Zanetti, Antônio Francisco Malheiros, Tatiane Amorim de Matos, Carolina dos Santos, Paula Franciene Battaglini, Luciana Melhorança Moreira, Larissa Maria Scalon Lemos, Solange Kimie Ikeda Castrillon, Denise da Costa Boamorte Cortela, Eliane Ignotti, Omar Ariel Espinosa   +10 more
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Prevalence and Molecular Differentiation of Entamoeba histolytica, Entamoeba dispar, Entamoeba moshkovskii, and Entamoeba hartmanni in Egypt

Acta Parasitologica, 2020
Entamoeba histolytica-caused amoebiasis is a major cause of mortality worldwide. E. histolytica is morphologically indistinguishable from nonpathogenic species like E. dispar, E. moshkovskii, and E. hartmanni. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is the approved method by World Health Organization for diagnosis and differentiation of amoebiasis.
Rania Abozahra, Moustafa Mokhles, Kholoud Baraka   +2 more
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Gastrointestinal Parasites in Humans and Rhesus Macaques: A Cross-Sectional Study in Bhaktapur, Nepal. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Gastrointestinal parasitism in wild animals at the human‐wildlife interface may be a warning concern both for wildlife health and human health. The current study was conducted to determine the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in humans and rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) in the Nilbarahi area, an area with ...
Chhetala S, Adhikari RB, Subedi JR, Ghimire TR.   +3 more
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Pathogenicity and virulence of Entamoeba histolytica, the agent of amoebiasis

Virulence, 2022
The amoeba parasite Entamoeba histolytica is the causative agent of human amebiasis, an enteropathic disease affecting millions of people worldwide. This ancient protozoan is an elementary example of how parasites evolve with humans, e.g.
N. Guillén
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Amebic liver abscess by Entamoeba histolytica

World Journal of Clinical Cases, 2022
Amebic liver abscesses (ALAs) are the most commonly encountered extraintestinal manifestation of human invasive amebiasis, which results from Entamoeba histolytica (E. histolytica) spreading extraintestinally.
D. Usuda, Shiho Tsuge, Riki Sakurai, K. Kawai, Shun Matsubara, Risa Tanaka, Makoto Suzuki, Hayabusa Takano, Shintaro Shimozawa, Yuta Hotchi, Shungo Tokunaga, Ippei Osugi, Risa Katou, Sakurako Ito, Kentaro Mishima, Akihiko Kondo, Keiko Mizuno, Hiroki Takami, Takayuki Komatsu, Jiro Oba, Tomohisa Nomura, Manabu Sugita   +21 more
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Changes in the Human Gut Microbiota Associated With Colonization by Blastocystis sp. and Entamoeba spp. in Non-Industrialized Populations

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021
Human gut microbial communities are mainly composed of bacteria, but also include fungi, viruses, archaea, and protozoa, whose role in the gut ecosystem has only recently begun to be recognized.
G. Even, A. Lokmer, Jules Rodrigues, C. Audebert, E. Viscogliosi, Laure Ségurel, M. Chabé   +6 more
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Epidemiology of clinically relevant Entamoeba spp. (E. histolytica/dispar/moshkovskii/bangladeshi): A cross sectional study from North India

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
Background Entamoeba infections have major impact on millions of the people worldwide. Entamoeba histolytica has long been accepted as the only pathogenic species. However, recent reports of other Entamoeba spp. in symptomatic cases have raised questions
Aradhana Singh, T. Banerjee, U. Khan, S. Shukla   +3 more
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Encystation of Entamoeba histolytica in Axenic Culture

Microorganisms, 2021
Entamoeba histolytica is a parasitic protozoan that causes amoebic dysentery, which affects approximately 90 million people each year worldwide. E. histolytica is transmitted through ingestion of food and water contaminated with the cyst form, which ...
J. Wesel, J. Shuman, Irem Bastuzel, Julie Dickerson, C. Ingram‐Smith   +4 more
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