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  2. Amoebiasis - Wikipedia

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    Amoebiasis is present all over the world, [6] though most cases occur in the developing world. [7] About 480 million people are currently infected with about 40 million new cases per year with significant symptoms. [2] [8] This results in the death of between 40,000–100,000 people a year. [4] The first case of amoebiasis was documented in 1875.

  3. Cutaneous amoebiasis - Wikipedia

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    Balamuthia mandrillaris can also cause cutaneous amoebiasis, but can prove fatal if the amoeba enters the bloodstream [7] [8] It is characterized by ulcers. Diagnosis of amebiasis cutis calls for high degree of clinical suspicion. This needs to be backed with demonstration of trophozoites from lesions. Unless an early diagnosis can be made such ...

  4. Protozoan infection - Wikipedia

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    Entamoeba histolytica is a pathogenic parasite known to cause amoebiasis, which is the third leading cause of parasitic deaths. [20] It is diagnosed by the assessment of stool samples. [ 21 ] Amoebiasis is caused by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with feces or other bodily wastes of an infected person, which contain cysts, the ...

  5. Dysentery - Wikipedia

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    The cause of dysentery is usually the bacteria from genus Shigella, in which case it is known as shigellosis, or the amoeba Entamoeba histolytica; then it is called amoebiasis. [1] Other causes may include certain chemicals, other bacteria, other protozoa, or parasitic worms. [2] It may spread between people. [4]

  6. Free-living Amoebozoa infection - Wikipedia

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    Free-living amoebae (or "FLA") [1] are a group of protozoa that are important causes of infectious disease in humans and animals. Naegleria fowleri is often included in the group "free-living amoebae", [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and this species causes a usually fatal condition traditionally called primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM).

  7. Intestinal infectious diseases - Wikipedia

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    Intestinal infectious diseases include a large number of infections of the bowels, including cholera, typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever, other types of salmonella infections, shigellosis, botulism, gastroenteritis, and amoebiasis among others. [1] Typhoid and paratyphoid resulted in 221,000 deaths in 2013 down from 259,000 deaths in 1990. [2]

  8. Who has the hottest bikini bodies over 50? - AOL

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    We pulled together pictures of some celebs who have maintained a beach-ready body into their 50s for model Chrissy Teigen to weighed in on. NEWS: Demi Moore Shows Off Her Incredible Bikini Bod

  9. Amoebozoa - Wikipedia

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    Amoebiasis, also known as amebiasis or entamoebiasis, [31] [32] is an infection caused by any of the amoebozoans of the Entamoeba group. Symptoms are most common upon infection by Entamoeba histolytica. Amoebiasis can present with no, mild, or severe symptoms.