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Entamoeba histolytica is a unicellular, protozoon parasite of humans. It moves by a jelly-like tongue-like protrusion of the cytoplasm “pseudopodium. Infection with E. histolytica may. ” be the cause of a variety of symptoms, beginning from no symptoms to severe fulminating intestinal and/or life-threatening extraintestinal disease.
- Nadia A. El-Dib
- 2017
Mar 1, 2017 · Phylogenetic analysis of E. histolytica and E. dispar and studying the detected genotypes can explain the big variation in pathogenicity in humans. Life cycle of E. histolytica/dispar in the...
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Jan 26, 2018 · PDF | On Jan 26, 2018, Layla Ben Ayed and others published Entamoeba histolytica | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
Dec 2, 2018 · Entamoeba histolytica is the responsible parasite of amoebiasis and remains one of the top three parasitic causes of mortality worldwide. With increased travel and emigration to developed countries, infection is becoming more common in nonendemic areas.
- Micaella Kantor, Anarella Abrantes, Andrea Estevez, Alan Schiller, Jose Torrent, Jose Gascon, Robert...
- 2018
The protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica (E. histolytica) is a human pathogen and one of the leading parasitic burdens in developing countries, contributing to an estimated 100,000 deaths annually [ 1 ]. E. histolytica spreads by the fecal-oral route mainly in areas where water sanitation is poor [ 2 ].
- Laura Morf, Upinder Singh
- 10.1016/j.mib.2012.04.011
- 2012
- 2012/08
Entamoeba histolytica is the cause of high levels of morbidity and mortality throughout the developing world, having been ranked as the third most important parasitic agent of disease after malaria and schistosomiasis. In 1981, it was estimated that up to 500 million people are infected annually [265].
Jan 1, 2014 · Entamoeba histolytica is the most important as it is the most prevalent intestinal protozoan pathogen worldwide, causing a wide range of clinical manifestations ranging from asymptomatic infection to severe disease: •. Invasive intestinal amoebiasis including amoebic dysentery or dysenteric syndrome (bloody, mucoid stools without faecal leukocytes)
