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Descriptions

Entamoeba histolytica is an anaerobic parasitic eukaryote protozoan, part of the genus Entamoeba. It infects predominantly humans and other primates. Diverse mammals such as dogs and cats can become infected but usually do not shed cysts (the environmental survival form of the organism) with their feces, thus do not contribute significantly to transmission. The active (trophozoite) stage exists only in the host and in fresh feces; cysts survive outside the host in water and soils and on foods, especially under moist conditions on the latter. When swallowed they cause infections by excysting (to the trophozoite stage) in the digestive tract. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Entamoeba histolytica (Wikipedia)

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. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006

Basic Part Properties

Part Display Name
Entamoeba histolytica
Part Type
Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
Created On
2000-05-04
Construct for LOINC Short Name
E histolyt

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Tag Language Translation
zh-CN Chinese (China) 溶组织内阿米巴
Synonyms: 溶组织肠阿米巴;变形虫病;阿米巴病
fr-CA French (Canada) Entamoeba histolytica
et-EE Estonian (Estonia) Entamoeba histolytica
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Entamoeba histolytica
it-IT Italian (Italy) Entamoeba histolytica
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey) Entamoeba histolytica
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Entamoeba histolytica
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) Entamoeba histolytica
fr-BE French (Belgium) Entamoeba histolytica