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The genus Entamoeba was defined by Casagrandi and Barbagallo for the species Entamoeba coli, which is known to be a commensal organism. Lösch's organism was renamed Entamoeba histolytica by Fritz Schaudinn in 1903; he later died, in 1906, from a self-inflicted infection when studying this amoeba.
Early history and origins of Sarcodina The first illustration of an amoeboid, from Roesel von Rosenhof's Insecten-Belustigung (1755) Amoeba proteus. The earliest record of an amoeboid organism was produced in 1755 by August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof, who named his discovery "Der Kleine Proteus" ("the Little Proteus").
Entamoeba, protozoan genus of the rhizopodian order Amoebida. Most species are parasitic in the intestines of many vertebrates, including humans; E. histolytica is the cause of human amebic dysentery. The cell nucleus, which is distinctive for the genus, contains a central body, the endosome, and a.
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Amebiasis is a disease caused by a one-celled parasite called Entamoeba histolytica. Who is at risk for amebiasis? Although anyone can have this disease, it is more common in people who live in tropical areas with poor sanitary conditions. In the United States, amebiasis is most common in:
This article presents a history of Entamoeba histolytica spanning since the remote times when it was not even recognized as a cause of human disease to the recent molecular advances. Feder Losch (1875) in Saint Petersburg, found amoebae in fecal samples but only regarded them as responsible for maintaining the inflammatory process, not as a ...
Jan 1, 2020 · The name of Entamoeba histolytica was established in 1903 by Schaudinn due to the parasite ability to cause tissue lysis, and he described it as the causal agent of amoebic dysentery [cited in (Pinilla et al., 2008)].
