The single-celled parasite Entamoeba histolytica infects 50 million people each year, killing nearly 70,000. Usually, this wily, shape-shifting amoeba causes nothing worse than diarrhea.

The single-celled parasite Entamoeba histolytica infects 50 million people each year, killing nearly 70,000. Usually, this wily, shape-shifting amoeba causes nothing worse than diarrhea. But sometimes ...

Entamoeba histolytica is a protozoan parasite that causes amoebiasis. Recent studies have revealed opportunities to produce an effective vaccine against the Entamoeba histolytica infection.

The single-celled parasite Entamoeba histolytica infects approximately 50 million people each year, causing nearly 70,000 deaths. In most cases, this shape-shifting amoeba causes only mild ...

The pathogenesis of a potentially fatal amoeba, Entamoeba histolytica (E. histolytica), has been discovered, showing that the organism uses a process coined as trogocytosis, to nibble sections of a ...

William Balamuth, Biological Studies on "Entamoeba Histolytica": III. Induced Encystation in Several Mediums, including an Account of a New Procedure, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 88, No.

One type of parasite, Entamoeba histolytica, has developed a very intriguing way to do this. It rips pieces off human cells and steals the proteins to wear them as a disguise. SUBSCRIBE ...

Cross-species protection suggests Entamoeba histolytica trogocytosis enables complement resistance through the transfer of negative regulators of complement activation (p. 2024.10.04.616735). bioRxiv.

Table 1. The Major Entamoeba Histolytica Virulence Factors Involved in Pathogenesis E. histolytica molecule Role in pathogenesis Ref. EhCP: Cleaves MUC2 polymer specifically at the cysteine-rich C ...