The causative agent of amoebiasis, Entamoeba histolytica, was discovered in 1875 by F. Loesch. In 1903, the organism was studied in detail by F. Schaudinn, who differentiated two amoeba species ...

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.

But under the microscope, she observed something entirely different. E. histolytica was taking bites out of human cells. Looking through the microscope, “ You could see little parts of the human ...

The single-celled parasite Entamoeba histolytica infects 50 million people each year, killing nearly 70,000. ... Those ingested cell fragments, shining fluorescent green under her microscope, ...

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 ...