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Abstract
Infection with amoebae of the genus ENTAMOEBA. Infection with E. histolytica causes DYSENTERY, AMEBIC and LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC.
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- Entamoeba Infections
- Entamoeba Infection
- Entamoebiases
- Infection, Entamoeba
- Infections, Entamoeba
- Entamoeba histolytica Infection
- Entamoeba histolytica Infections
- Infection, Entamoeba histolytica
- Infections, Entamoeba histolytica
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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amebic infect
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History Note
91(75); was see under AMEBIASIS 1975-90
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Entamoebiasis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004749. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004749
- Entamoebiasis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64732801