WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Alere Inc. , a global leader in rapid diagnostics, announced today that the new E. HISTOLYTICA QUIK CHEK(TM) test, which identifies the Entamoeba ...

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ALA = Amoebic liver abscess; Eh = Entamoeba histolytica; EhCP = E. histolytica cysteine proteinase; Ehserp = E. histolytica serine proteinase; EhSTIRP = Serine threonine isoleucine-rich protein; KERP1 ...

Entamoeba histolytica is a single-cell parasite that causes intestinal disease, but sometimes invades the body, attacking cells and creating liquefying abscesses. UC Davis parasitologist Katherine ...

A 39-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a five-day history of fever, chills, diarrhea, and pain in the right shoulder and right upper quadrant of her abdomen. Four months ...

For the first time, researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have shown that a unicellular parasite commonly found in the mouth plays a role in both severe tissue inflammation and tissue ...

Amebiasis (Amoebiasis) is a term for disease caused by the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica that primarily infects the human bowel, but can also affect other organs (most commonly the liver).

The mechanisms whereby certain mouse strains develop persistent intestinal infection with Entamoeba histolytica remain unclear. In this work, we characterized the kinetic pattern of cytokine responses ...

Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science (1903-), Vol. 73, No. 3 (Autumn, 1970), pp. 376-381 (6 pages) The taxonomy of the enteric amoebae of rodents is confused because investigators have tended ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Medical records, for 2000 and 2001, of symptomatic amoebic patients who were treated at our hospitals in Tokyo, Yokohama and Osaka were ...

For decades scientists have been puzzled by a tiny parasite that affects millions worldwide, with the power to liquefy human organs and evade the immune system in ways that science hasn't been able to ...