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Amebiasis.


ADA547766

Publication Date 2011
Personal Author Klassen-Fischer, M. K.; Wear, D. J.; Neafie, R. C.
Page Count 16
Abstract Amebiasis is invasion of human tissues by the protozoon Entamoeba histolytica. Infection begins when trophozoites of E. histolytica invade the colonic mucosa. The infection may remain localized and be minimal for years, or it may extend to the liver and other organs. What was once thought to be a single species based on morphology is now known to be three genetically distinct species: Entamoeba histolytica (pathogen), Entamoeba dispar (commensal),1 and Entamoeba moshkovskii (commensal).2 The free-living amebas that cause meningoencephalitis are discussed in Chapter 9, those infecting other sites are included in this chapter.
Keywords
  • Amebiasis
  • Entamoeba histolytica
  • Infectious diseases
  • Meninges
  • Protozoa
  • Encephalitis
  • Inflammation
  • Liver
  • Organs(Anatomy)
  • Tissues(Biology)
  • Entamoeba dispar
  • Commensal
  • Entamoeba moshkovskii
  • Meningoencephalitis
  • Trophozoites
  • Histolytica
Source Agency
  • Non Paid ADAS
NTIS Subject Category
  • 57E - Clinical Medicine
  • 57K - Microbiology
Corporate Authors Armed Forces Inst. of Pathology, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes See also ADA545141. Chapter 8 from e-book, Topics on the Pathology of Protozoan and Invasive Arthropod Diseases.
Document Type Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number 201201
Amebiasis.
Amebiasis.
ADA547766

  • Amebiasis
  • Entamoeba histolytica
  • Infectious diseases
  • Meninges
  • Protozoa
  • Encephalitis
  • Inflammation
  • Liver
  • Organs(Anatomy)
  • Tissues(Biology)
  • Entamoeba dispar
  • Commensal
  • Entamoeba moshkovskii
  • Meningoencephalitis
  • Trophozoites
  • Histolytica
  • Non Paid ADAS
  • 57E - Clinical Medicine
  • 57K - Microbiology
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