Entamoeba histolytica facts for kids
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Entamoeba histolytica is an parasitic protozoan, part of the genus Entamoeba. It infects mainly humans and other primates.
E. histolytica is estimated to infect about 50 million people worldwide. About seventy thousand die each year, mostly from liver abscesses or other complications. The disease it causes is known as amoebiasis. A related species, Entamoeba dispar, may be even more common.
Images for kids
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Amoebic intestinal ulcer caused by E. histolytica
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Trophozoites of E. histolytica with ingested erythrocytes
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E. histolytica cyst
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Immature E. histolytica cyst (mature cysts have 4 nuclei)
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Multiplication by binary fission
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E. histolytica drawing
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Immunohistochemical staining of trophozoites (brown) using specific anti–Entamoeba histolytica macrophage migration inhibitory factor antibodies in a patient with amebic colitis
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See also
In Spanish: Entamoeba histolytica para niños
