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    Entamoeba is a genus of Amoebozoa found as internal parasites or commensals of animals. In 1875, Fedor Lösch described the first proven case of amoebic...
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    Entamoeba histolytica is an anaerobic parasitic amoebozoan, part of the genus Entamoeba. Predominantly infecting humans and other primates causing amoebiasis...
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    Entamoeba coli is a non-pathogenic species of Entamoeba that frequently exists as a commensal parasite in the human gastrointestinal tract. E. coli (not...
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    dysentery, is an infection of the intestines caused by a parasitic amoeba Entamoeba histolytica. Amoebiasis can be present with no, mild, or severe symptoms...
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  • Entamoeba moshkovskii is part of the genus Entamoeba. It is found in areas with polluted water sources, and is prevalent in places such as Malaysia, India...
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  • Entamoeba invadens is an amoebozoa parasite of reptiles, within the genus Entamoeba. It is closely related to the human parasite Entamoeba histolytica...
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    Entamoeba gingivalis is an opportunistic Amoebozoa[citation needed] (reported by some as an effect of disease; not a cause [hence status as a commensal])...
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  • Entamoeba polecki is an intestinal parasite of the genus Entamoeba. E. polecki is found primarily in pigs and monkeys and is largely considered non-pathogenic...
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    so-called "brain-eating amoeba" Naegleria fowleri, the intestinal parasite Entamoeba histolytica, which causes amoebic dysentery, and the multicellular "social...
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    genus Shigella, in which case it is known as shigellosis, or the amoeba Entamoeba histolytica; then it is called amoebiasis. Other causes may include certain...
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    Amoebozoa includes many of the best-known amoeboid organisms, such as Chaos, Entamoeba, Pelomyxa and the genus Amoeba itself. Species of Amoebozoa may be either...
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  • 3.4.22.35, histolysin, Entamoeba histolytica cysteine proteinase, amebapain, Entamoeba histolytica cysteine protease, Entamoeba histolytica neutral thiol...
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    parasitic protist Entamoeba histolytica. It is extremely rare; the first case being reported in 1849. Brain abscesses resulting from Entamoeba histolytica are...
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  • the supergroup Excavata. The mitosome was first discovered in 1999 in Entamoeba histolytica, an intestinal parasite of humans, and mitosomes have also...
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    vitro. The 50% inhibitory concentration (LD50) of the extract against Entamoeba histolytica was 33 μg/mLl. Borage is used in companion planting. It is...
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    Anaerobes (including Bacteroides species) Pseudomonas species Proteus species Entamoeba Histolytica However, as noted above, many cases are polymicrobial. There...
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  • group, protozoans have little in common with each other. For example, Entamoeba histolytica, a unikont eukaryotic organism, is more closely related to...
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    since birth, such as Hirschsprung's disease). It can also be caused by Entamoeba histolytica and Shigella. It may also be caused by the use of loperamide...
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  • form of the protozoan that causes disease in the host. In the protozoan, Entamoeba histolytica it invades the intestinal mucosa of its host, causing dysentery...
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  • provide false positives for other tests, notably the similar species Entamoeba histolytica, the pathogen responsible for amoebic dysentery, and because...
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  • Tapeworm Toxocara canis (dog roundworm) Trichinella Whipworm Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba coli - can cause Amoebiasis Acanthamoeba Balamuthia mandrillaris...
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    object with pseudopods, as in animal phagocytes. In humans, the amoebozoan Entamoeba histolytica can phagocytose red blood cells. Ciliates also engage in phagocytosis...
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  • aggregations of ribosomes found in cysts of some amoebae including Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba coli. They exist in the cytoplasm and are dark staining....
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    cytoplasmic flow to move in their environment. Entamoeba histolytica is the cause of amebic dysentery. Entamoeba histolytica appears to be capable of meiosis...
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  • including the molecular characterization of protozoan pathogens such as Entamoeba species, Trichomonas vaginalis, Cryptosporidium, Acanthamoeba, Blastocystis...
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    Amoeba, Entamoeba histolytica uses holozoic nutrition....
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    antiestrogenic, immunomodulatory, and anti-amoebic activity (particularly against Entamoeba histolytica). The plant contains a protein called BDP-30, presumably a...
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    Cronobacter spp Viral pathogens Enterovirus Hepatitis A Norovirus Rotavirus Parasitic pathogens Cryptosporidium Entamoeba histolytica Giardia Trichinella v t e...
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    single pseudopod may form on the surface of the body (monopodial, such as Entamoeba histolytica). Cells which make pseudopods are generally referred to as...
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  • homnis, Cryptosporidium (diarrhea in people with immunosuppression), Entamoeba histolytica (produces amebian dysentery, common in tropical areas). Specific...
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