Little nibbles An amoeba parasite that causes potentially fatal dysentery in poor countries wreaks its havoc by eating intestinal cells alive, according to scientists. Called Entamoeba histolytica, ...

Had the U. S. been informed two months ago that Chicago was suffering an outbreak of amebic dysentery, a good many people might have stayed away from the city, with consequent loss to its Fair, hotels ...

Pretty Virginia Loomis, 18, soft-voiced night club singer, was taken to Roosevelt Hospital, operated on for appendicitis. Eight days later she was dead of amebic dysentery. Broadway wailed its grief.

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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 ...

Brooke — Assistant Physician, Worcester City Hospital. Goodale — Resident Pathologist, Worcester City Hospital. For records and addresses of authors see "This Week's Issue," page 159. RAYMOND H.

Amoebic Gill Disease (AGD) is a significant and growing challenge in Atlantic salmon aquaculture, predominantly caused by the protozoan parasite Neoparamoeba perurans. This disease manifests as ...