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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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    the late 1950s, and Entamoeba has stayed 'stable' ever since. Several species are found in humans and animals. Entamoeba histolytica is the pathogen responsible...
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    is an infection of the intestines caused by a parasitic amoeba Entamoeba histolytica. Amoebiasis can be present with no, mild, or severe symptoms. Symptoms...
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    microscopic examination of stained stool specimens with the pathogenic Entamoeba histolytica. This amoeba does not move much by the use of its pseudopod, and...
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    protist Entamoeba histolytica. It is extremely rare; the first case being reported in 1849. Brain abscesses resulting from Entamoeba histolytica are difficult...
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    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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    "brain-eating amoeba" Naegleria fowleri, the intestinal parasite Entamoeba histolytica, which causes amoebic dysentery, and the multicellular "social amoeba"...
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  • supergroup Excavata. The mitosome was first discovered in 1999 in Entamoeba histolytica, an intestinal parasite of humans, and mitosomes have also been...
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    includes the species Dictyostelium discoideum, a social amoeba, and Entamoeba histolytica, a human pathogen, among others. Conosa are morphologically defined...
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  • histolytica. Genome sequencing has revealed 74% equivalency in genic regions and 50% equivalency in intergenic regions existing between Entamoeba invadens...
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  • 35, histolysin, Entamoeba histolytica cysteine proteinase, amebapain, Entamoeba histolytica cysteine protease, Entamoeba histolytica neutral thiol proteinase)...
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  • 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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    The 50% inhibitory concentration (LD50) of the extract against Entamoeba histolytica was 33 μg/mLl. Borage is used in companion planting. It is said...
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  • peripheral chromatin, similar to that of Entamoeba histolytica. Cytoplasmic contents are similar to other Entamoeba sp. and are usually granular and vacuolated...
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    trophozoites of the organism Entamoeba histolytica and of its abscess due to necrosis. Approximately 90% of patients with E histolytica are asymptomatic. The...
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    parasite Entamoeba histolytica secretes serotonin, causing a sustained secretory diarrhea in some people. Patients infected with E. histolytica have been...
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  • in their maturation process, forming phagolysosomes. In humans, Entamoeba histolytica can phagocytose red blood cells. To aid in the digestion of their...
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    flow to move in their environment. Entamoeba histolytica is the cause of amebic dysentery. Entamoeba histolytica appears to be capable of meiosis. Unicellular...
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    efficient meiotic HR, and Dmc1 is expressed in Entamoeba histolytica. The purified Dmc1 from E. histolytica forms presynaptic filaments and catalyzes ATP-dependent...
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    effective in treating people with severe C. difficile colitis. Entamoeba histolytica invasive amebiasis is treated with metronidazole for eradication...
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    sugars into smaller, more easily digested molecules. Trophozoites of Entamoeba histolytica, a disease-causing parasite with engulfed red blood cells (dark...
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    infections of the intestines and the liver, though the pathogen, Entamoeba histolytica, was not discovered until 1873 by Friedrich Lösch. James Paget discovered...
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    Treponema denticola), parasitic protozoa (Trichomonas vaginalis, Entamoeba histolytica), and plants (Arabidopsis thaliana). This enzyme belongs to the...
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    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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    IPN (México) is focused on the molecular biology and genetics of Entamoeba histolytica, mainly in the genes and proteins that drive the virulence mechanisms...
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  • including Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba coli. They exist in the cytoplasm and are dark staining. In the early cystic stages of E. histolytica, chromatid...
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  • protozoans have little in common with each other. For example, Entamoeba histolytica, a unikont eukaryotic organism, is more closely related to Homo...
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    cause of (often fatal) granulomatous amoebic meningoencephalitis Entamoeba histolytica – an amoeba that is the cause of amoebiasis, or amoebic 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 its...
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    (including Bacteroides species) Pseudomonas species Proteus species Entamoeba Histolytica However, as noted above, many cases are polymicrobial. There are...
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