"Entamoeba histolytica" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of parasitic protozoa causing ENTAMOEBIASIS and amebic dysentery (DYSENTERY, AMEBIC). Characteristics include a single nucleus containing a small central karyosome and peripheral chromatin that is finely and regularly beaded.
| Descriptor ID |
D004748
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.046.500.100.700.335.330
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| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Entamoeba histolytica" by people in Profiles.
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Entamoeba histolytica infection in humans, chimpanzees and baboons in the Greater Gombe Ecosystem, Tanzania. Parasitology. 2019 08; 146(9):1116-1122.
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Role of the Entamoeba histolytica cysteine proteinase in amebic liver abscess formation in severe combined immunodeficient mice. Infect Immun. 1995 Apr; 63(4):1587-90.
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Severe vaginal infection with Entamoeba histolytica in a woman who recently returned from Mexico: case report and review. Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Mar; 20(3):700-2.