Molecular epidemiology, evolution, and phylogeny of Entamoeba spp.

Z Cui, J Li, Y Chen, L Zhang - Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2019 - Elsevier
Entamoeba histolytica is a protozoan parasite and the causative agent of amoebiasis in
humans. The estimations of the worldwide burden of amoebiasis by the WHO indicated that …

The association between the lack of safe drinking water and sanitation facilities with intestinal Entamoeba spp infection risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis

H Atabati, H Kassiri, E Shamloo, M Akbari, A Atamaleki… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Intestinal protozoa infections are responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality,
especially where the exposed population suffers from a lack of drinking water and sanitation …

Molecular epidemiology of amoebiasis: a cross-sectional study among North East Indian population

J Nath, SK Ghosh, B Singha, J Paul - PLoS neglected tropical …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Epidemiological studies carried out using culture or microscopy in most of the
amoebiasis endemic developing countries, yielded confusing results since none of these …

Epidemiology of clinically relevant Entamoeba spp. (E. histolytica/dispar/moshkovskii/bangladeshi): A cross sectional study from North India

A Singh, T Banerjee, U Khan… - PLoS neglected tropical …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Entamoeba infections have major impact on millions of the people worldwide.
Entamoeba histolytica has long been accepted as the only pathogenic species. However …

Entamoeba histolytica and amoebic liver abscess in northern Sri Lanka: a public health problem

T Tharmaratnam, T Kumanan, MA Iskandar… - Tropical medicine and …, 2020 - Springer
Entamoeba histolytica (E. histolytica) is a facultative protozoan parasite implicated in
amoebic liver abscesses (ALA), the most common extraintestinal manifestation of this …

Prevalence of amoebiasis and associated complications in India: a systematic review

P Gupta, KK Singh, A Balodhi, K Jain, F Deeba… - Acta parasitologica, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Intestinal protozoan parasites are responsible for diarrheal diseases causing
significant morbidity and mortality. Entamoeba histolytica is the principle protozoan parasite …

Liver abscess in children-experience from a single tertiary care center of North India: etiology, clinical profile and predictors of complications

SB Lal, V Venkatesh, A Kumar… - The Pediatric …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background: Liver abscess (LA), a common problem in children in the tropics, is believed to
be mostly pyogenic (PLA), sometimes amebic (ALA). We aimed to analyze the clinical …

Burden of major diarrheagenic protozoan parasitic co-infection among amoebic dysentery cases from North East India: a case report

J Nath, G Hussain, B Singha, J Paul, SK Ghosh - Parasitology, 2015 - cambridge.org
Intestinal diarrheagenic polyparasitic infections are among the major public health concerns
in developing countries. Here we examined stool specimens by microscopy, DNA dot blot …

Azole-based compounds as antiamoebic agents: a perspective using theoretical calculations

M Mushtaque, S Ahamad, M Jahan, K Hussain… - RSC …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Diseases caused by protozoal organisms are responsible for significant mortality and
morbidity worldwide. Amoebiasis caused by Entamoeba histolytica is an example of such …

Diagnosis and epidemiology of amoebiasis in India

J Nath, B Singha, J Paul, SK Ghosh - Current Science, 2018 - JSTOR
It is now well established that Entamoeba histolytica was indeed a species complex
comprising of pathogenic E. histolytica and morphologically indistinguishable non …