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Entamoeba histolytica under Oxidative Stress: What Countermeasure Mechanisms Are in Place?

Cells, 2017
Entamoeba histolytica is the causative agent of human amoebiasis; it affects 50 million people worldwide and causes approximately 100,000 deaths per year.
Erika Pineda, Doranda Perdomo
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Entamoeba histolytica in urine: a case report

Microbiologia Medica
Background: Entamoeba histolytica is an anaerobic protozoan parasite predominantly affecting the gastrointestinal tract but capable of systemic dissemination to organs such as the liver and lungs.
Suhaib H. Kakamad, Shevan M. Mustafa, Fahmi H. Kakamad, Mohieddin Barzegar, Lava T. Mahmud   +4 more
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Entamoeba histolytica [PDF]

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2013
Adrienne J, Showler, Andrea K, Boggild
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In Vitro Study of Antiamoebic Activity of Methanol Extracts of Argemone mexicana on Trophozoites of Entamoeba histolytica HM1-IMSS

The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale, 2018
Infections caused by parasites in humans represent one of the main public health concerns. Amoebiasis, a parasitic infection caused by Entamoeba histolytica (E. histolytica), is considered endemic in Mexico, where Argemone mexicana (A. mexicana) has been
J. H. Elizondo‐Luévano, R. Castro-Ríos, Eduardo Sánchez-García, M. Hernández-García, J. Vargas-Villarreal, O. E. Rodríguez-Luis, A. Chávez-Montes   +6 more
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Identification of asymptomatic Entamoeba histolytica infection by a serological screening test: A cross-sectional study of an HIV-negative men who have sex with men cohort in Japan

, 2022
Yasuaki Yanagawa, Rieko Shimogawara, Misao Takano, Takahiro Aoki, Daisuke Mizushima, Hiroyuki Gatanaga, Yoshimi Kikuchi, Shinichi Oka, Kenji Yagita, Kôji Watanabe   +9 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 Nakada-Tsukui, T. Nozaki
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The history of entamoebiasis

Parasitology
This review article summarizes the history of amoebic dysentery (entamoebiasis) caused by Entamoeba histolytica. Initially, Entamoeba species were thought to be the most primitive extant eukaryotes, but more recent research revealed that they emerged ...
Dietmar Steverding
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Prevalence and characters of Entamoeba histolytica infection in Saudi infants and children admitted with diarrhea at 2 main hospitals at south Jeddah: a re-emerging serious infection with unusual presentation

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2013
In this study, Entamoeba histolytica had high prevalence and unusual presentation by affecting high proportion of infants under 1 year; severe clinical manifestations, and laboratory findings that were known to be usually encountered in invasive ...
Moustafa Abdelaal Hegazi, Tabarek Ahmed Patel, Basem Salama El-Deek   +2 more
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Entamoeba histolytica Trophozoites and Lipopeptidophosphoglycan Trigger Human Neutrophil Extracellular Traps

PLoS ONE, 2016
Neutrophil defense mechanisms include phagocytosis, degranulation and the formation of extracellular traps (NET). These networks of DNA are triggered by several immune and microbial factors, representing a defense strategy to prevent microbial spread by ...
E. E. Avila, N. Salaiza, J. Pulido, Mayra C. Rodríguez, César Díaz-Godínez, J. Laclette, I. Becker, J. Carrero   +7 more
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Proteomic Identification of Oxidized Proteins in Entamoeba histolytica by Resin-Assisted Capture: Insights into the Role of Arginase in Resistance to Oxidative Stress

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
Entamoeba histolytica is an obligate protozoan parasite of humans, and amebiasis, an infectious disease which targets the intestine and/or liver, is the second most common cause of human death due to a protozoan after malaria.
Preeti Shahi, Meirav Trebicz‐Geffen, S. Nagaraja, Sharon Alterzon-Baumel, Rivka Hertz, K. Methling, M. Lalk, S. Ankri   +7 more
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