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Amebiasis: Introduction
Amebiasis: Amebiasis is a disease caused by a one-celled parasite called Entamoeba histolytica (ent-a-ME-ba his-to-LI-ti-ka). (Source: excerpt from Amebiasis: DPD) ... more about Amebiasis.
Amebiasis: An intestinal infection caused by a parasitic amebic organism. It is usually associated with poor sanitation. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Amebiasis is available below.
Symptoms of Amebiasis
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Medical Textbooks Online about Amebiasis
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Amebiasis?
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Causes of Amebiasis
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- Chronically Ill U.S. Patients Often Skip Care Due to Costs
- Scientists ID Enzyme That Allows Dysentery Amoeba to Hide
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Prognosis for Amebiasis
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Reseach about Amebiasis
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Clinical Trials for Amebiasis
The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.
Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Amebiasis include:
- Parasitic Infections of the Gastrointestinal Tract - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
- Study of Nitazoxanide in the Treatment of Amebiasis in Adults and Adolescents - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Nitazoxanide
- Study of Nitazoxanide in the Treatment of Amebiasis in Children - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Nitazoxanide
- more trials...»
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Types of Amebiasis
- Entamoeba histolytica
- Entamoeba dispar
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Article Excerpts about Amebiasis
Amebiasis is a disease caused by a one-celled parasite called Entamoeba histolytica (ent-a-ME-ba his-to-LI-ti-ka). (Source: excerpt from Amebiasis: DPD)
Definitions of Amebiasis:
Infection by a disease-causing ameba - (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Amebiasis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Amebiasis, or a subtype of Amebiasis,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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