infection, esp of the intestines, caused by the parasitic amoeba Endamoeba histolytica
amoebiasis in American English
(ˌæmɪˈbaɪəsɪs)
noun
alt. sp. of
amebiasis
Examples of 'amoebiasis' in a sentence
amoebiasis
Our findings propose that resveratrol could be an alternative to contend amoebiasis.
Jonnatan Pais-Morales, Abigail Betanzos, Guillermina García-Rivera, Bibiana Chávez-Munguía,Mineko Shibayama, Esther Orozco 2016, 'Resveratrol Induces Apoptosis-Like Death and Prevents In Vitro and In Vivo Virulenceof Entamoeba histolytica', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0146287. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Diseases such as malaria, leishmaniasis, amoebiasis, giardiasis, trichomoniasis, and trypanosomiasis affect millions of people.
Carolina Piña-Vázquez, Magda Reyes-López, Guillermo Ortíz-Estrada, Mireya de la Garza,Jesús Serrano-Luna 2012, 'Host-Parasite Interaction: Parasite-Derived and -Induced Proteases That Degrade HumanExtracellular Matrix', Journal of Parasitology Researchhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/748206. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Entamoeba histolytica, the parasitic amoeba responsible for amoebiasis, causes approximately 100,000 deaths every year.
Chikako Shimokawa, Richard Culleton, Takashi Imai, Kazutomo Suzue, Makoto Hirai, TomoyoTaniguchi, Seiki Kobayashi, Hajime Hisaeda, Shinjiro Hamano 2013, 'Species-specific immunity induced by infection with Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoebamoshkovskii in mice.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3843725?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A total 153 cases of intestinal amoebiasis were studied.
Bapat M, Bhave G 1990, 'Counterimmunoelectrophoresis in the immunodiagnosis of amoebiasis.', Journal of Postgraduate Medicinehttp://www.jpgmonline.com/article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=1990;volume=36;issue=3;spage=124;epage=7;aulast=Bapat. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Serological tests greatly improve the diagnosis of this severe complication of amoebiasis.
Marcos I. Restrepo, Zoraida Restrepo, Consuelo López Elsa Villareal, Aura Aguirre,Marcos Restrepo 1996, 'Diagnostic tests for amoebic liver abscess: comparison of enzyme - linked immunosorbentassay (Elisa) and counterimmunoelectrophoresis (CIE)', Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropicalhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821996000100006&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Further, it determined whether the advancement of immunodeficiency accompanies an increased risk of amoebiasis.
Alireza Abdollahi, Hana Saffar, Hiva Saffar, Sara Sheikhbahaei, Mehrnaz Rasoulinejad 2015, 'Is the evaluation of Entamoeba histolytica infection in HIV-positive patients of anyclinical significance?', Acta Medica Iranicahttp://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/4937. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Indirect haemagglutination test has been evaluated in cases of amoebiasis.
Mehta Ajita, Deodhar Leena, Gujarathi P 1978, 'Indirect haemagglutination test in intestinal and extra-intestinal amoebiasis', Journal of Postgraduate Medicinehttp://www.jpgmonline.com/article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=1978;volume=24;issue=2;spage=103;epage=105;aulast=Mehta. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Our data highlighted unique cellular responses of interest to understand the mechanisms of parasite death during amoebiasis.
Julien Santi-Rocca, Sherri Smith, Christian Weber, Erika Pineda, Chung-Chau Hon, EmmaSaavedra, Alfonso Olivos-García, Sandrine Rousseau, Marie-Agnès Dillies, Jean-YvesCoppée, Nancy Guillén 2012, 'Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Sensing Mechanism Is Activated in Entamoeba histolyticaupon Treatment with Nitric Oxide', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0031777. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Entamoeba histolytica, the protozoan responsible for human amoebiasis, causes between 30,000 and 100,000 deaths per yearworldwide.
Abigail Betanzos, Rosario Javier-Reyna, Guillermina García-Rivera, Cecilia Bañuelos,Lorenza González-Mariscal, Michael Schnoor, Esther Orozco 2013, 'The EhCPADH112 complex of Entamoeba histolytica interacts with tight junction proteinsoccludin and claudin-1 to produce epithelial damage.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3676397?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Forty-nine patients with amoebiasis were identified, resulting in an estimated annual incidence of up to 1.1 cases per 100,000 adults.
Ana Domazetovska, Rogan Lee, Chandra Adhikari, Matthew Watts, Nicole Gilroy, DamienStark, Shobini Sivagnanam 2018, 'A 12-Year Retrospective Study of Invasive Amoebiasis in Western Sydney: Evidence ofLocal Acquisition', Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseasehttp://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/3/3/73. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)