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'''Amebiasis | '''Amebiasis''', also be spelled '''amoebiasis''', is an infectious disease, caused by the protozoan ''Entamoeba histolytica''. | ||
==General== | ==General== | ||
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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> | 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). | *Dysentery (diarrhea containing mucus and/or blood in the feces). | ||
*Colitis. | *[[Colitis]]. | ||
*Liver abscess. | *[[Liver abscess]]. | ||
==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||