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 ...

State PH Lab in Kerala develops molecular test kits to identify toxic amoeba causing fatal brain infection, saving lives.

New research has shown how the parasitic amoeba Entamoeba histolytica takes bites from your cells to use as a disguise, hiding them from the immune system.

Katherine Ralston What Is Entamoeba histolytica? Entamoeba histolytica is a single-celled parasite infects around 50 million people each year and claims some 70,000 lives annually.

Entamoeba histolytica (green) attacking human T cells. A new paper by UC Davis researchers lays out a strategy for investigating how this parasite can hide from the human immune system while ...

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 ...

In this study, we analyzed stool samples using polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE) to differentiate between Entamoeba histolytica (pathogenic) and E. dispar ...

Cases of dysentery have consistently been on the rise in the Portland, Oregon area year-over-year since 2012, officials said.

A genome-wide screen for transcriptional regulatory sequences identified a distinct promoter motif, A/TAAACCCT, associated with transcription of 68% of trophozoite genes [47] and an upstream ...

A Michigan beef manufacturer is recalling more than 160,000 pounds of ground beef products shipped to restaurants nationwide that could be contaminated with E.coli, according to the U.S ...