What is Entamoeba histolytica?
{{Italictitle}} {{Speciesbox | image = Entamoeba histolytica trophozoite.png | image_caption = ''Entamoeba histolytica'' [[trophozoite]] | taxon = Entamoeba histolytica | authority = [[Fritz Schaudinn|Schaudinn]], 1903 }} '''''Entamoeba histolytica''''' is an [[Parasite|parasitic]] [[protozoa]]n, part of the [[genus]] ''[[Entamoeba]]''. It infects mainly [[human]]s and other [[primate]]s. ''E. histolytica'' is estimated to infect about 50 million people worldwide. About seventy thousand die each year, mostly from liver abscesses or other complications. The disease it causes is known as [[amoebiasis]]. A related species, ''Entamoeba dispar'', may be even more common.<ref>Diamond LS and Clark CG 1993. A redescription of ''Entamoeba histolytica'' Schaudinn, 1903 (emended Walker, 1911) separating it from ''Entamoeba dispar'' Brumpt, 1925. ''Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology'' '''40''' (3): 340–344.</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Protista]] {{biology-stub}}