An uptick in dysentery, the diarrhea-inducing disease often associated with frontier times past, is on the rise in the Portland, Oregon metro area, according to new health data. Known best for causing ...

An amoeba parasite that causes potentially fatal dysentery in poor countries wreaks its havoc by eating intestinal cells alive, scientists reported on Wednesday. Called Entamoeba histolytica, the ...

According to researchers in the U.S., a drug which is currently prescribed to arthritis sufferers may also be an effective weapon against amoebic dysentery. Amoebic dysentery -- Amoebiasis -- is an ...

The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content. With certain forms of dysentery, an amoeba attacks the intestine by biting off and eating pieces ...

In the June 15th issue of G&D, Dr. Sinisa Urban (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine) and colleagues reveal a potential role for the rhomboid enzyme, EhROM1, in the pathogenesis of the enteric ...

IN Durban there is a reversal of the customary incidence of amœbiasis. It is generally stated that an indigenous population is less susceptible to this disease, but in Durban the native African is ...

THE purpose of this paper is to invite attention to some of the bizarre and puzzling manifestations of amebiasis that have been encountered, with special reference to hepatic complications. Pitfalls ...