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Abstract
Infection with any of various amebae. It is an asymptomatic carrier state in most individuals, but diseases ranging from chronic, mild diarrhea to fulminant dysentery may occur.
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- Amoebiasis
- Amebiases
- Amoebiases
- Abscess, Amebic
- Acanthamebiasis
- Acanthamoeba Infection
- Ameboma
- Balamuthia Infection
- Iodamoebiasis
- Abscesses, Amebic
- Acanthamebiases
- Acanthamoeba Infections
- Amebic Abscess
- Amebic Abscesses
- Balamuthia Infections
- Infection, Acanthamoeba
- Infection, Balamuthia
- Iodamoebiases
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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caused by "any of various amebae"; /drug ther: consider also AMEBICIDES; note X ref ABSCESS, AMEBIC: LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC is also available
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Amebiasis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000562. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000562
- Amebiasis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoebiasis
- Amebiasis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q949694