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Entamoeba histolytica is an anaerobic parasitic amoebozoan, part of the genus Entamoeba. [1] Predominantly infecting humans and other primates causing amoebiasis, E. histolytica is estimated to infect about 35-50 million people worldwide. [1] E. histolytica infection is estimated to kill more than 55,000 people each year. [2]
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Archamoebae. The Archamoebae are a group of protists originally thought to have evolved before the acquisition of mitochondria by eukaryotes. [1] They include genera that are internal parasites or commensals of animals ( Entamoeba and Endolimax ). A few species are human pathogens, causing diseases such as amoebic dysentery.
Entamoeba paulista. Entamoeba gingivalis. Entamoeba histolytica. (Show more) 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 ...
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Dec 10, 2014 · Introduction. The family Endamoebidae was originally established by Calkins (1926). The all member of Endamoebidae family (order: Amoebida) including: Endamoeba, Entamoeba, Iodamoeba and Endolimax are obligate symbiotic forms exception a species of Entamoeba, namely E. moshkovski found in sewage as free living amoeba but occasionally hosted by man (1, 2).
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Entamoeba are pseudopod-forming, protozoan parasites in the phylum Amoebozoa, class Archamoebae and family Entamoebidae. The genus Entamoeba consists of at least seven different species (E. histolytica, Entamoeba coli, Entamoeba hartmanni, Entamoeba polecki, Entamoeba dispar, Entamoeba moshkovskii, and Entamoeba bangladeshi) that are able to inhabit the human intestine and one (Entamoeba ...
Nov 29, 2020 · Entamoeba histolytica is the etiological agent of amebiasis in humans. This ameba parasite resides as a commensal in the intestine where it shares intestinal resources with the bacterial microbiome. In the intestinal ecosystem, the ameba encysts and eventually develops disease by invading the tissues. E. histolytica possesses cell surface ...
