"Entamoeba histolytica" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of parasitic protozoa causing ENTAMOEBIASIS and amebic dysentery (DYSENTERY, AMEBIC). Characteristics include a single nucleus containing a small central karyosome and peripheral chromatin that is finely and regularly beaded.
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D004748
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.046.500.100.700.335.330
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Entamoeba histolytica" by people in Profiles.
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Natural infection of baboons by Entamoeba histolytica elicits anti- gal-lectin heavy subunit IgA and IgG antibodies with shared epitope specificity to that of humans. J Egypt Soc Parasitol. 2013 Dec; 43(3):723-35.
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Efficacy of a Gal-lectin subunit vaccine against experimental Entamoeba histolytica infection and colitis in baboons (Papio sp.). Vaccine. 2012 Apr 26; 30(20):3068-75.
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Kinetic mechanism of pyrophosphate-dependent phosphofructokinase from Propionibacterium freudenreichii. Biochemistry. 1984 Aug 28; 23(18):4101-8.