The causative agent of amoebiasis, Entamoeba histolytica, was discovered in 1875 by F. Loesch. In 1903, the organism was studied in detail by F. Schaudinn, who differentiated two amoeba species ...
Balamuth, W., and Thompson, P. E., “Comparative Studies on Amebae and Amebicides”, in “Biochemistry and Physiology of Protozoa”, 2, edit. Hunter, S. H., and ...
Mitosomes were discovered in the human intestinal parasite Entamoeba histolytica in 1999, and were subsequently found in many additional eukaryotes, including Giardia lamblia in 2003. There are ...
The clinical spectrum of intestinal E. histolytica infection ranges from an asymptomatic carrier state to severe invasive disease. Asymptomatic cyst carriage occurs with E. histolytica as well as ...