WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Alere Inc. , a global leader in rapid diagnostics, announced today that the new E. HISTOLYTICA QUIK CHEK(TM) test, which identifies the Entamoeba ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The test can be paired with the company’s Giardia/Cryptosporidium test to provide a complete triple parasite ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 23-year-old Thai man who had been working at a meat factory in the United States for the past 4 years ...

Entamoeba invadens is pathogenic in multiple reptile species and has caused severe outbreaks in zoos and other facilities worldwide. Infections can be difficult to diagnose and to differentiate from ...

ALA = Amoebic liver abscess; Eh = Entamoeba histolytica; EhCP = E. histolytica cysteine proteinase; Ehserp = E. histolytica serine proteinase; EhSTIRP = Serine threonine isoleucine-rich protein; KERP1 ...

Naturopathic protocol combines herbal antimicrobials, probiotics, and fermented foods to eliminate Entamoeba histolytica and ...

For decades scientists have been puzzled by a tiny parasite that affects millions worldwide, with the power to liquefy human organs and evade the immune system in ways that science hasn't been able to ...

A 39-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a five-day history of fever, chills, diarrhea, and pain in the right shoulder and right upper quadrant of her abdomen. Four months ...

For the first time, researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have shown that a unicellular parasite commonly found in the mouth plays a role in both severe tissue inflammation and tissue ...

CASEASE, the proteolytic, casein-hydrolysing enzyme, has been reported in many bacteria. It has not hitherto been detected in the protozoan, Entamoeba histolytica. In earlier studies, Nakamura 1 ...

Entamoeba histolytica is a single-cell parasite that causes intestinal disease, but sometimes invades the body, attacking cells and creating liquefying abscesses. UC Davis parasitologist Katherine ...