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Entamoeba histolytica phagocytosis of human erythrocytes involves PATMK, a member of the transmembrane kinase familyDouglas R Boettner
Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
PLoS Pathog 4:e8. 2008..In conclusion, PATMK was identified as a member of the TMK family that participates in erythrophagocytosis and is uniquely required for intestinal infection...- Characterization of an Entamoeba histolytica high-mobility-group box protein induced during intestinal infectionMayuresh M Abhyankar
Departments of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908 1340, USA
Eukaryot Cell 7:1565-72. 2008..We concluded that EhHMGB1 was a bona fide HMGB protein with the capacity to recapitulate part of the modulation of parasite gene expression seen during adaptation to the host intestine... 
The mouse model of amebic colitis reveals mouse strain susceptibility to infection and exacerbation of disease by CD4+ T cellsEric R Houpt
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, 300 Lane Road, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
J Immunol 169:4496-503. 2002..This model reveals important immune factors that influence susceptibility to infection and demonstrates for the first time the pathologic contribution of the host immune response in amebiasis...- Phospholipid-binding protein EhC2A mediates calcium-dependent translocation of transcription factor URE3-BP to the plasma membrane of Entamoeba histolyticaHeriberto Moreno
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, P O Box 801340, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
Eukaryot Cell 9:695-704. 2010..Based on these results, we propose a model for EhC2A-mediated regulation of the transcriptional activities of URE3-BP via Ca(2+)-dependent anchoring of the transcription factor to the amebic plasma membrane... - Using differential gene expression to study Entamoeba histolytica pathogenesisCarol A Gilchrist
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Departments of Medicine, Microbiology and Pathology, University of Virginia, PO Box 801340, Charlottesville, VA 22908 1340, USA
Trends Parasitol 25:124-31. 2009..The association and potential contribution of differential gene expression to the life cycle and the virulence of this protozoan parasite of humans are reviewed here... - Identification and gene expression analysis of a large family of transmembrane kinases related to the Gal/GalNAc lectin in Entamoeba histolyticaDavid L Beck
Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908-1340, USA
Eukaryot Cell 4:722-32. 2005..The presence of multiple receptor kinases in the plasma membrane offers for the first time a potential explanation of the ability of the parasite to respond to the changing environment of the host... - America in the world: 100 years of tropical medicine and hygieneWilliam A Petri
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908-1340, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 71:2-16. 2004 - Entamoeba histolytica: sequence conservation of the Gal/GalNAc lectin from clinical isolatesDavid L Beck
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908-1340, USA
Exp Parasitol 101:157-63. 2002..histolytica is a clonal population. Sequence conservation of the lectin indicates that immune responses against it should be cross-protective... - Protection against intestinal amebiasis by a recombinant vaccine is transferable by T cells and mediated by gamma interferonXiaoti Guo
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
Infect Immun 77:3909-18. 2009..These data demonstrate that CMI is sufficient for vaccine protection from intestinal amebiasis and reveal an important role for IFN-gamma, even in the setting of alum... - Comparison of two immunoassays for detection of Entamoeba histolyticaSarah Buss
Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
J Clin Microbiol 46:2778-9. 2008..In this study, we compared the commercially available Ridascreen Entamoeba test (R-Biopharm) and the E. histolytica II test (Techlab), and we found that the E. histolytica II test detects E. histolytica infections more accurately... - Histone acetyltransferases and deacetylase in Entamoeba histolyticaGirija Ramakrishnan
Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
Mol Biochem Parasitol 138:205-16. 2004..histolytica trophozoites. Our results suggest that mechanisms for histone acetylation and deacetylation are operational in E. histolytica... - Association between TNF-alpha and Entamoeba histolytica diarrheaKRISTINE M PETERSON
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Virginia Health Systems, PO BOX 801337, Building MR4, Room 2115, 409 Lane Road, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 82:620-5. 2010..histolytica diarrhea compared with convalescence. We conclude that there is an association between higher TNF-alpha production and E. histolytica diarrhea... - Therapy of intestinal protozoaWilliam A Petri
University of Virginia Health System, PO Box 801340, MR4 Building, Room 2115, Lane Road, Charlottesville, VA 22908-1340, USA
Trends Parasitol 19:523-6. 2003 - Amebic colitis: new insights into pathogenesis and treatmentTracy E Bercu
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia Health System, P O Box 801340, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
Curr Gastroenterol Rep 9:429-33. 2007..The disease mechanisms, clinical findings, therapeutic strategies, and important developments regarding amebiasis are discussed here... - Evaluation of Entamoeba histolytica antigen and antibody point-of-care tests for the rapid diagnosis of amebiasisMegan Leo
University of Virginia, P.O. Box 801340, Charlottesville, VA 22908-1340, USA
J Clin Microbiol 44:4569-71. 2006.... - Vaccine prospects for amebiasisOmer A Chaudhry
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908 1340, USA
Expert Rev Vaccines 4:657-68. 2005..histolytica protein, cysteine proteinases, lipophosphoglycans, amebapores and the 29-kDa protein... - Impact of intestinal colonization and invasion on the Entamoeba histolytica transcriptomeCarol A Gilchrist
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908 1340, USA
Mol Biochem Parasitol 147:163-76. 2006.... - Cognitive effects of diarrhea, malnutrition, and Entamoeba histolytica infection on school age children in Dhaka, BangladeshJessica L Tarleton
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville Virginia, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 74:475-81. 2006..histolytica infection, was associated with a lower level of cognitive functioning. This suggested that intervention during school age years may be able to mitigate the cognitive deficiencies associated with malnutrition... - Prevention of intestinal amebiasis by vaccination with the Entamoeba histolytica Gal/GalNac lectinEric Houpt
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, 300 Lane Rd, PO Box 801340, MR4 Building Room 2115, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
Vaccine 22:611-7. 2004..These results show for the first time that immunization with the Gal/GalNAc lectin can prevent intestinal amebiasis in mice and suggest a protective role for fecal anti-lectin IgA in vivo... - Molecular epidemiology of amebiasisIbne Karim M Ali
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia Health System, MR4 Building Room 2115, Lane Road, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
Infect Genet Evol 8:698-707. 2008..histolytica remain largely unknown. We anticipate that the recently completed E. histolytica genome sequence and new molecular techniques will rapidly advance our understanding of the epidemiology and pathogenicity of amebiasis... - Members of the Entamoeba histolytica transmembrane kinase family play non-redundant roles in growth and phagocytosisSarah N Buss
Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908 1340, USA
Int J Parasitol 40:833-43. 2010..histolytica Gal/GalNAc lectin. Overall, our data indicates that multiple members of the novel E. histolytica TMK family are utilised for non-redundant functions by the parasite... - The bittersweet interface of parasite and host: lectin-carbohydrate interactions during human invasion by the parasite Entamoeba histolyticaWilliam A Petri
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Virginia, MR4 Bldg Room 2115, Lane Road, Charlottesville 22908 1340, USA
Annu Rev Microbiol 56:39-64. 2002..The structure and function of the lectin that controls these divergent cell biologic processes are the subject of this review... - Pathogenesis of amebiasisWilliam A Petri
Division of Infectious Diseases, Room 2115, MR4 Building, Lane Road, PO Box 801340, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908 1340, USA
Curr Opin Microbiol 5:443-7. 2002..The mechanism of transcriptional control via histone modifications and sequence-specific DNA-binding proteins are to be delineated. Advances in cell biology are providing new insights into invasion through the intestinal epithelium... - Adherence-blocking vaccine for amebiasisWilliam A Petri
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908 1340, USA
Arch Med Res 37:288-91. 2006..Accomplishing this will enable testing of the ability of LecA immunizations to protect from amebic colitis in humans... 
Association of malnutrition with amebiasisWilliam A Petri
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Nutr Rev 67:S207-15. 2009..Future efforts aimed at understanding the mechanisms of these effects are described...- Apoptotic killing and phagocytosis of host cells by the parasite Entamoeba histolyticaChristopher D Huston
Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville 22908
Infect Immun 71:964-72. 2003..003). By analogy with phagocytic clearance during apoptosis in metazoans, amebic apoptotic host cell killing followed by phagocytosis may limit inflammation and enable amebae to evade the host immune response... - Can a proteomics strategy be used to identify the anti-malarial activity of chloroquine?William A Petri
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Virginia School of Medicine, PO Box 801340, MR4 Building Room 2115, Charlottesville 22908 1340, USA
Trends Pharmacol Sci 24:210-2; discussion 212-3. 2003.... - Targets of the Entamoeba histolytica transcription factor URE3-BPCarol A Gilchrist
Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2:e282. 2008..histolytica in response to a calcium signal. Induction of URE3-BP leads to an increase in tranwell migration, suggesting a possible role in the regulation of cellular motility... - Short hairpin RNA-mediated knockdown of protein expression in Entamoeba histolyticaAlicia S Linford
Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
BMC Microbiol 9:38. 2009..We chose to test the use of RNA interference to knock down gene expression in Entamoeba histolytica... - Context-dependent roles of the Entamoeba histolytica core promoter element GAAC in transcriptional activation and protein complex assemblyUpinder Singh
Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
Mol Biochem Parasitol 120:107-16. 2002..The differing effect on transcription initiation in the hgl5 and fdx genes upon mutation of the GAAC element suggests a context-dependence of the GAAC-binding protein in gene expression... - Roles for the galactose-/N-acetylgalactosamine-binding lectin of Entamoeba in parasite virulence and differentiationJesse R Frederick
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Virginia Health System, MR4 Building, Room 2115, Charlottesville, VA 22908-1340, USA
Glycobiology 15:53R-59R. 2005..The lectin-glycan interactions that initiate these diverse processes are discussed with emphasis on comparing the binding of host ligands and the interactions involved in encystation... - Opportunities and obstacles in developing a vaccine for Entamoeba histolyticaVanessa C Miller-Sims
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
Curr Opin Immunol 14:549-52. 2002..histolytica Gal/GalNAc lectin antibodies, suggesting that a vaccine is an achievable goal. However, garnering resources for vaccine development is a challenge when the vaccine is targeted to poor people living in developing countries... - Crosstalk at the initial encounter: interplay between host defense and ameba survival strategiesXiaoti Guo
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908 1340, USA
Curr Opin Immunol 19:376-84. 2007..Understanding this crosstalk is crucial for the effective design and implementation of new vaccines and drugs for this leading parasitic disease... - Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar utilize externalized phosphatidylserine for recognition and phagocytosis of erythrocytesDouglas R Boettner
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, P. O. Box 801340, Rm. 2115, MR4 Building, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908-1340, USA
Infect Immun 73:3422-30. 2005..These findings establish phosphatidylserine involvement in erythrophagocytosis by amebae and suggest the existence of a PS receptor on the surfaces of both E. histolytica and E. dispar... - Intestinal invasion by Entamoeba histolyticaShahram Solaymani-Mohammadi
Department of Medicine-Infectious Disease, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Subcell Biochem 47:221-32. 2008 - Giardia intestinalis assemblages A and B infections in NepalAnjana Singh
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 81:538-9. 2009..Genotyping of the Giardia PCR product by restriction fragment length polymorphism indicated that 74% (26 of 35) were assemblage B, 20% (7 of 35) were assemblage A, and 6% (2 of 35) were mixed assemblages... - Evaluation of a screening test for detection of giardia and cryptosporidium parasitesSojin Youn
University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908 1340, USA
J Clin Microbiol 47:451-2. 2009..Using the results of the Giardia II test and Cryptosporidium II test as gold standards, it was 98.4% sensitive and 100% specific and had positive and negative predictive values of 98.7% and 99.3%... - Calcium modulates promoter occupancy by the Entamoeba histolytica Ca2+-binding transcription factor URE3-BPCarol A Gilchrist
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
J Biol Chem 278:4646-53. 2003..Modulation of URE3-BP by calcium may represent an important mechanism of control of gene expression in E. histolytica... - Development of the Gateway system for cloning and expressing genes in Entamoeba histolyticaMayuresh M Abhyankar
Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Parasitol Int 58:95-7. 2009..This expression vector with the Gateway((R)) system should facilitate investigation into the functions of novel proteins in E. histolytica... - Enteric infections, diarrhea, and their impact on function and developmentWilliam A Petri
Center for Global Health, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
J Clin Invest 118:1277-90. 2008..We also discuss specific implications for novel approaches to interventions that are now opened by our rapidly growing molecular understanding... - In vitro and in vivo interaction of Entamoeba histolytica Gal/GalNAc lectin with various target cells: an immunocytochemical analysisJudith Pacheco
Department of Experimental Pathology, Center for Research and Advanced Studies, National Polytechnic Institute, CINVESTAV-IPN, Av. IPN 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, Mexico, D.F. 07360, Mexico
Parasitol Int 53:35-47. 2004..The contribution of lectin transfer to host cells in adherence and cell injury remains to be determined... - Influence of human leukocyte antigen class II alleles on susceptibility to Entamoeba histolytica infection in Bangladeshi childrenPriya Duggal
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Infect Dis 189:520-6. 2004..This association may explain why amebiasis does not occur in some children who are exposed to the parasite and implicates HLA class II-restricted immune responses in protection against E. histolytica infection... - Meeting report: EMBO workshop "Pathogenesis of amoebiasis: from genomics to disease", Institut Pasteur, Paris, May 19-22, 2003Egbert Tannich
Protist 154:293-8. 2003 - Epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of acute diarrhea with emphasis on Entamoeba histolytica infections in preschool children in an urban slum of Dhaka, BangladeshRashidul Haque
Centre for Health and Population Research, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Am J Trop Med Hyg 69:398-405. 2003..Understanding the etiology, frequency, and consequences of acute diarrhea in children from a developing country should aid in the design of interventions to improve child health... - VH3 gene usage in neutralizing human antibodies specific for the Entamoeba histolytica Gal/GalNAc lectin heavy subunitHiroshi Tachibana
Department of Infectious Diseases, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa 259 1193, Japan
Infect Immun 71:4313-9. 2003..These results demonstrate the utility of a combinatorial human immunoglobulin gene library for identifying and characterizing neutralizing antibodies from humans with amebiasis... - Entamoeba moshkovskii infections in children, BangladeshIbne Karim M Ali
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, England
Emerg Infect Dis 9:580-4. 2003..dispar. The high association of E. moshkovskii with E. histolytica and E. dispar may have obscured its identification in previous studies. The high prevalence found in this study suggests that humans may be a true host for this amoeba... - AmebiasisRashidul Haque
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
N Engl J Med 348:1565-73. 2003 - Outbreak of amebiasis in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, 1998Rachel S Barwick
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Epidemiology Program Office, and Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 67:623-31. 2002..The data support the hypothesis that drinking water was the source of infection, either because of inadequate municipal water treatment or contamination of municipal water in the distribution system... - Innate and acquired resistance to amebiasis in bangladeshi childrenRashidul Haque
Centre for Health and Population Research, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
J Infect Dis 186:547-52. 2002..This was associated with an 86% reduction in new infection over 1 year. Amebiasis is a common and potentially serious infection in children from Dhaka, and both innate and acquired immune responses limit infection... - Examining entamoebaSudha Bhattacharya
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi 110067, India
Trends Parasitol 18:196-7. 2002..A conference on Amebiasis and the Biology of Entamoeba histolytica was held in Agra, India, from 11 to14 February 2002... - Entamoeba histolytica infection in children and protection from subsequent amebiasisRashidul Haque
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Infect Immun 74:904-9. 2006..The challenge of producing an effective vaccine will be to improve upon naturally acquired immunity, which does not provide absolute protection from reinfection... - Association between Cryptosporidium infection and human leukocyte antigen class I and class II allelesBeth D Kirkpatrick
University of Vermont College of Medicine, Unit of Infectious Diseases, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
J Infect Dis 197:474-8. 2008..Cryptosporidium species are a common cause of diarrhea, which can be severe and protracted in young children and immunocompromised individuals... - Expression and function of a family of transmembrane kinases from the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolyticaAlka Mehra
School of Life Sciences, Lab No. 117, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067, India
Infect Immun 74:5341-51. 2006..Inducible expression of the truncated TMK resulted in a decrease in cellular proliferation and an increase in sensitivity to serum starvation. Our data indicate that the B1.I class of TMKs is involved in parasite proliferation... - Comparison of a stool antigen detection kit and PCR for diagnosis of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar infections in asymptomatic cyst passers in IranShahram Solaymani-Mohammadi
Division of Intestinal and Genetal Protozoal Diseases, Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health and Institute of Public Health Research, Tehran Universoty of Medical Sciences, 14155 Tehran 6446, Iran
J Clin Microbiol 44:2258-61. 2006..histolytica II stool antigen kit and those from nested PCR. We concluded that E. dispar is much more common in asymptomatic cyst passers in Iran and that antigen detection and PCR are comparable diagnostic modalities... - Evidence for a link between parasite genotype and outcome of infection with Entamoeba histolyticaIbne Karim M Ali
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, Great Britain
J Clin Microbiol 45:285-9. 2007..histolytica. The markers themselves do not indicate the nature of the underlying genetic differences, but they may be linked to loci that do have an impact on the outcome of infection... - Correlation of interferon-gamma production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells with childhood malnutrition and susceptibility to amebiasisRashidul Haque
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Am J Trop Med Hyg 76:340-4. 2007..49, P = 0.07). We conclude that production of IFN-gamma is linked to nutritional status and predicts future susceptibility to symptomatic amebiasis... - Entamoeba histolytica-associated diarrheal illness is negatively associated with the growth of preschool children: evidence from a prospective studyDinesh Mondal
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, G.P.O. Box 128, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 100:1032-8. 2006..01-8.52, P=0.047) more likely to be malnourished and 4.69 times (95% CI 1.55-14.18, P=0.006) more prone to be stunted. Entamoeba histolytica-associated diarrheal illness was negatively associated with the growth of preschool children... - Kinetics and strain variation of phagosome proteins of Entamoeba histolytica by proteomic analysisMami Okada
Department of Parasitology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan
Mol Biochem Parasitol 145:171-83. 2006..These data should provide significant insights into molecular characterization of phagosome biogenesis, and help to elucidate the pathogenesis of this important infection... - Entamoeba histolytica: the serine-rich gene polymorphism-based genetic variability of clinical isolates from GeorgiaSophia Simonishvili
National Center for Disease Control and Medical Statistics of Georgia, 9 Asatiani Street, Tbilisi 380077, Georgia
Exp Parasitol 110:313-7. 2005..histolytica, thus preventing an association of a single genotype with hepatic disease, but supporting the previous finding of extensive genetic diversity among E. histolytica isolates from the same geographic origin... - Real-time-PCR assay for diagnosis of Entamoeba histolytica infectionShantanu Roy
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR, B, Dhaka, Bangladesh
J Clin Microbiol 43:2168-72. 2005..In conclusion, all three methods for the detection of E. histolytica were highly specific, with real-time PCR being the most sensitive... - Proteomic analysis of phagocytosis in the enteric protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolyticaMami Okada
Department of Parasitology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan
Eukaryot Cell 4:827-31. 2005..Phagosome localization of representative proteins was verified by immunofluorescence assay. This study should provide a basis for molecular identification and characterization of phagosome biogenesis... - Comparison of two methods (microscopy and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) for the diagnosis of amebiasisMehmet Tanyuksel
Division of Medical Parasitology, Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Etlik 06018, Ankara, Turkey
Exp Parasitol 110:322-6. 2005..3%) Endolimax nana, 9 (2.3%) Dientamoeba fragilis, and 8 (2.1%) had Ascaris lumbricoides. We concluded that E. histolytica infection was found in 13% of the patients presenting with diarrhea in Van and Sanliurfa Turkey... - Entamoeba histolytica encephalitis diagnosed by PCR of cerebrospinal fluidShahram Solaymani Mohammadi
Division of Intestinal and Genital Protozoal Diseases, Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health and Institute of Public Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, PO Box 14155, Tehran 6446, Iran
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 101:311-3. 2007..The patient was treated successfully with metronidazole. PCR is an increasingly useful tool for the diagnosis of central nervous system infection and can provide rapid diagnosis... - Laboratory diagnosis of amebiasisMehmet Tanyuksel
Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Etlik, Ankara 06018, Turkey
Clin Microbiol Rev 16:713-29. 2003..histolytica. All the current tests suffer from the fact that the antigens detected are denatured by fixation of the stool specimen, limiting testing to fresh or frozen samples... - Diagnosis of amebiasis in BangladeshRashidul Haque
International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research (ICDDR, B, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Arch Med Res 37:273-6. 2006..histolytica was excellent. TechLab's E. histolytica- specific antigen detection test was both rapid and simple to perform, making it appropriate for use in the developing world, where amebiasis is most prevalent... - Multiplex real-time PCR assay for detection of Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia intestinalis, and Cryptosporidium sppRashidul Haque
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Am J Trop Med Hyg 76:713-7. 2007.... - Two cases of rarely recognized infection with Entamoeba moshkovskiiMehmet Tanyuksel
Division of Medical Parasitology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Etlik, Ankara, Turkey
Am J Trop Med Hyg 76:723-4. 2007..histolytica and E. dispar by a nested polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the small subunit ribosomal DNA gene... - The genome of the protist parasite Entamoeba histolyticaBrendan Loftus
TIGR, 9712 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
Nature 433:865-8. 2005..Analysis of the genome provides new insights into the workings and genome evolution of a major human pathogen...