ALA = Amoebic liver abscess; Eh = Entamoeba histolytica; EhCP = E. histolytica cysteine proteinase; Ehserp = E. histolytica serine proteinase; EhSTIRP = Serine threonine isoleucine-rich protein; KERP1 ...

The single-celled parasite Entamoeba histolytica infects 50 million people each year, killing nearly 70,000. Usually, this wily, shape-shifting amoeba causes nothing worse than diarrhea. But sometimes ...

For the first time, researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have shown that a unicellular parasite commonly found in the mouth plays a role in both severe tissue inflammation and tissue ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Nutritional and culturing requirements for efficient axenic encystation of Entamoeba invadens have been studied. A simple and reliable axenic ...

Chitin was located in the cyst wall of Entamoeba invadens with colloidal gold-linked wheat germ agglutinin. Cysts stained differentially from trophozoites when encysting cultures were treated with the ...