Amebiasis

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• Health: Conditions and Diseases: Food and Water Borne  (113)

Amebiasis Facts - - Fact sheet with cause, symptoms, and prevention.

Bad Bug Book: Acanthamoeba spp., Naegleria fowleri and other amobae - - Infections in humans are rare, often fatal, and are acquired through water entering the nasal passages. Includes cause, prevention, treatment, prognosis, and outbreaks.

Bad Bug Book: Entamoeba histolytica - - Includes cause, symptoms, associated foods, complications, and outbreaks.

CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases - Acanthamoeba Infection - - Includes factsheets on the organism and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports.

CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases - Amebiasis - - Factsheets and articles on amebic dysentery caused by the organism Entamoeba histolytica.

CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases - Naegleria Infection - - Includes factsheets on the organism and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports.

eMedicine - Acanthamoeba - - Article by William B Harley, MD.

eMedicine - Amebiasis - - Article by Robert Swords, MD.

eMedicine - Amebiasis - - Article by Maria A Horga, MD.

eMedicine - Naegleria : - - Article by Asad Khan, MD.

eMedicine - Naegleria Infection - - Article by Diane H Johnson, MD.

Free-living Protozoa and Human Disease - - Discusses Naegleria fowleri, Acanthamoeba spp., and Balamuthia mandrillaris and their effects on health.

InteliHealth: Gastrointestinal Amebiasis - - Features cause, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

Justin Baty Amoebic Foundation - - Devoted to the prevention, treatment and eventual cure of Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis or PAM.

Kidshealth: Amebiasis - - Includes cause, symptoms, prevention, and treatment.

MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Amebiasis - - Features risk factors, cause, complications, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

Medmicro: Free-Living Amebas: Naegleria, Acanthamoeba and Balamuthia - - Medical and scientific information on the organisms and the diseases they cause.

Medmicro: Intestinal Protozoa: Amebas - - Medical and scientific information on the organisms and the diseases they cause.