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amoebiasis common name
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Amoebiasis - amebic dysentery
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amoebiasis causal agent
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Entamoeba histolytica - sarcodina - produce cysts
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amoebiasis reservoir & transmission
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humans - food - water-contaminated fecal cysts - free-living in h2o
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amoebiasis portals of entry/exit - toxin -virulence factor - area affected
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liver - lungs - skin - cecum - appendix - colon - rectum - large/small intestine
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amoebiasis signs & symptoms
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nausea - vomiting - diarrhea - weight loss - dehydration - dysentery - abdominal pain - fever - most threatening: hemorrhage, perforation, appendicitis, tumor-like growths (amoebomas)
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amoebiasis lab id
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stool sample - blood test for infected gut or liver - stained smear - rapid ELISA test using specific monoclonal antibodies
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amoebiasis treatment
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metronidazole (aka flagyl) - iodoquinol - chloroquine - dehydroemetine
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amoebiasis prevention
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sewage treatment - curtailing human feces as fertilizers - adequate sanitation of food & water - boiling water - iodine - several vaccines are under development
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amoebiasis other information
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nucleolus called karyosome - 90% infected are asymptomatic
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