Entamoeba histolytica
Entamoeba histolytica is an parasitic protozoan, part of the genus Entamoeba. It infects mainly humans and other primates.
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| Entamoeba histolytica trophozoite | |
Scientific classification 
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| Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Entamoeba |
| Species: | Template:Taxonomy/EntamoebaE. histolytica
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| Entamoeba histolytica Schaudinn, 1903
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E. histolytica is estimated to infect about 50 million people worldwide. About seventy thousand die each year, mostly from liver abscesses or other complications. The disease it causes is known as amoebiasis. A related species, Entamoeba dispar, may be even more common.[1]
Entamoeba Histolytica Media
Entamoeba histolytica in peripheral blood
- Entamoeba histolytica life cycle-en.svg
Life-cycle of Entamoeba histolytica
- Amoebic Ulcer Intestine.jpg
Amoebic intestinal ulcer caused by E. histolytica
- Trophozoites of Entamoeba histolytica with ingested erythrocytes.JPG
Trophozoites of E. histolytica with ingested erythrocytes
E. histolytica cyst
- Ehistdisp cyst wtmt.jpg
Immature E. histolytica cyst (mature cysts have four nuclei)
- Entamoeba histolytica quadrinucleate cyst.jpg
E. histolytica quadrinucleate cyst with chromatoid bodies.
- Entamoeba histolytica binary fission.jpg
Multiplication by binary fission
- Entamoeba hystolytica.jpg
E. histolytica drawing
- Immunohistochemical staining of trophozoites (brown) using specific anti–Entamoeba histolytica macrophage migration inhibitory factor antibodies in a patient with amebic colitis.jpg
Immunohistochemical staining of trophozoites (brown) using specific anti–Entamoeba histolytica macrophage migration inhibitory factor antibodies in a patient with amebic colitis
References
- ↑ Diamond LS and Clark CG 1993. A redescription of Entamoeba histolytica Schaudinn, 1903 (emended Walker, 1911) separating it from Entamoeba dispar Brumpt, 1925. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 40 (3): 340–344.