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 ==Amebiasis==
 *May also be spelled ''amoebiasis''.
-===General===
+{{Main|Amebiasis}}
-*Infection with ''Entamoeba histolytica''.<ref>URL: [http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/amebiasis/fact_sheet.htm http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/amebiasis/fact_sheet.htm]. Accessed on: 17 June 2010.</ref>
-*May mimic [[colon cancer]].<ref name=pmid19332922>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Fernandes | first1 = H. | last2 = D'Souza | first2 = CR. | last3 = Swethadri | first3 = GK. | last4 = Naik | first4 = CN. | title = Ameboma of the colon with amebic liver abscess mimicking metastatic colon cancer. | journal = Indian J Pathol Microbiol | volume = 52 | issue = 2 | pages = 228-30 | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 19332922 | url=http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2009;volume=52;issue=2;spage=228;epage=230;aulast=Fernandes }}</ref>
-May cause:<ref name=pmid20303955>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Mortimer | first1 = L. | last2 = Chadee | first2 = K. | title = The immunopathogenesis of Entamoeba histolytica. | journal = Exp Parasitol | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Mar | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1016/j.exppara.2010.03.005 | PMID = 20303955 }}</ref>
-*Dysentery (diarrhea containing mucus and/or blood in the feces).
-*Colitis.
-*Liver abscess.
-===Microscopic===
-Features:
-*Entamoeba histolytica are round/ovoid eosinophilic bodies ~ 40-60 micrometers in maximal dimension.
-**Found in bowel lumen.
-**Ingest [[RBC]]s.
-====Image====
-<gallery>
-Image:Amebiasis_-_very_high_mag.jpg | Amebiasis - very high mag. (WC/Nephron)
-Image:Amoebic_dysentery_in_colon_biopsy_%281%29.jpg | Amebiasis (WC)
-</gallery>
 ==Cryptosporidiosis==

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