ALA = Amoebic liver abscess; Eh = Entamoeba histolytica; EhCP = E. histolytica cysteine proteinase; Ehserp = E. histolytica serine proteinase; EhSTIRP = Serine threonine isoleucine-rich protein; KERP1 ...

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Entamoeba histolytica (green) attacking human T cells. A new paper by UC Davis researchers lays out a strategy for investigating how this parasite can hide from the human immune system while attacking ...

Entamoeba histolytica infects nearly 50 million people each year and kills around 70,000. It’s a shape-shifting parasite that invades the human gut, often causing mild symptoms like diarrhea. But in ...

Thirty-four subjects (13 men with a mean [±SD] age of 37.6±11.2 years and 21 women with a mean age of 36.8±10.5 years) were randomly assigned to receive paromomycin, and 37 subjects (18 men with a ...

A 39-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a five-day history of fever, chills, diarrhea, and pain in the right shoulder and right upper quadrant of her abdomen. Four months ...

Entamoeba histolytica (Eh) is an extracellular protozoan parasite of humans that either harmlessly colonizes the mucus layer of the colon or triggers disease when it moves from the intestinal lumen ...

Eh arginase Converts L-arginine, the precursor of NO, into L-ornithine and thus hinders NO production in the macrophage [29] β1 integrin-like receptors Interact with fibronectin and laminin of ...

Entamoeba histolytica is a single-cell parasite that causes intestinal disease, but sometimes invades the body, attacking cells and creating liquefying abscesses. UC Davis parasitologist Katherine ...