Amoebiasis

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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.

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"E. histolytica contains proteolytic enzymes (collagenase and neutral proteases) and cysteine proteases, which presumably facilitate its tissue invasion. The parasite also elaborates a range of enzymes on the amebic surface, including membrane-associated neuraminidase and β-glucosaminidase (166, 223, 234)."


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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Section 1

Therapy Developments of Amoebiasis

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References

[Sample reference] Takai, K., Sugai, A., Itoh, T., and Horikoshi, K. "Palaeococcus ferrophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a barophilic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2000. Volume 50. p. 489-500.


Edited by [Author Name], student of Joan Slonczewski for BIOL 116 Information in Living Systems, 2013, Kenyon College.