The FDA has granted 510(k) marketing clearance to TechLab’s Tri-Combo Parasite Screen test, an all-in-one test for Giardia, Cryptosporidium, and Entamoeba histolytica, the three most common ...

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 ...

That's right, folks, the little parasites — called Entamoeba histolytica — don't even have the courtesy to kill your cells before they take a bite. They don't even digest the parts they eat.

However, 13 of 18 stool specimens showed an Entamoeba histolytica morphology based on microscopy, leading to the initial suspicion that this was the cause of the outbreak.

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.