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Throughout the world, amoebiasis is the second leading cause of death from a parasitic disease with an estimated 70,000 deaths per year. Amoebiasis is a gastrointestinal infection | Background Information | ||
Throughout the world, amoebiasis is the second leading cause of death from a parasitic disease with an estimated 70,000 deaths per year. Amoebiasis is a gastrointestinal infection due to the amoeba, Entamoeba histolytica. Although it accounts for so many deaths every year, about 90% of the people exposed to E. histolytica are asymptomatic. | |||
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[[Image:Amoebiasis.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Electron micrograph of the Ebola Zaire virus. This was the first photo ever taken of the virus, on 10/13/1976. By Dr. F.A. Murphy, now at U.C. Davis, then at the CDC.]] | [[Image:Amoebiasis.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Electron micrograph of the Ebola Zaire virus. This was the first photo ever taken of the virus, on 10/13/1976. By Dr. F.A. Murphy, now at U.C. Davis, then at the CDC.]] |
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Introduction
Background Information Throughout the world, amoebiasis is the second leading cause of death from a parasitic disease with an estimated 70,000 deaths per year. Amoebiasis is a gastrointestinal infection due to the amoeba, Entamoeba histolytica. Although it accounts for so many deaths every year, about 90% of the people exposed to E. histolytica are asymptomatic.
Transmission
Lifecycle
Prognosis/Treatment
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Edited by [Author Name], student of Joan Slonczewski for BIOL 116 Information in Living Systems, 2013, Kenyon College.