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Amebiasis
[Entamoeba histolytica]

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E. histolytica/E. dispar cysts in concentrated wet mounts.
Entamoeba histolytica/dispar cyst in wet mount Entamoeba histolytica/dispar cyst in wet mount Entamoeba histolytica/dispar cyst in wet mount Entamoeba histolytica/dispar cyst in wet mount    

E. histolytica/E. dispar cysts stained with trichrome.
E. histolytica/E. dispar cyst stained in trichrome E. histolytica/E. dispar cyst stained in trichrome E. histolytica/E. dispar cyst stained in trichrome E. histolytica/E. dispar cyst stained in trichrome    

E. histolytica/E. dispar immature cysts stained with trichrome.
E. histolytica immature cyst stained with trichrome E. histolytica/E. dispar immature cyst stained with trichrome E. histolytica/E. dispar immature cyst stained with trichrome E. histolytica/E. dispar immature cyst stained with trichrome    

E. histolytica/E. dispar trophozoites in a direct wet mounts.
E. histolytica/E. dispar trophozoite in a wet mount E. histolytica/E. dispar trophozoite in a wet mount        

Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar trophozoites stained with trichrome.
E. histolytica/E. dispar trophozoite stained with trichrome E. histolytica/E. dispar trophozoite stained with trichrome E. histolytica trophozoite stained with trichrome E. histolytica trophozoite stained with trichrome E. histolytica/E. dispar trophozoite stained with trichrome

Trophozoites of E. histolytica with ingested erythrocytes.
E. histolytica trophozoite with ingested erythrocytes E. histolytica trophozoite with ingested erythrocytes E. histolytica trophozoite with ingested erythrocytes E. histolytica trophozoite with ingested erythrocytes E. histolytica trophozoite with ingested erythrocytes E. histolytica trophozoite with ingested erythrocytes

E. histolytica trophozoites in tissue stained with hematoxylin and eosin.
E. histolytica trophozoites in colon tissue Entamoeba histolytica in perianal biopsy Entamoeba histolytica in perianal biopsy      

Life cycle of E. histolytica.
Life Cycle of Entamoeba histolytica          

PCR differentiation between E. histolytica and E. dispar.
Agarose gel for E. histolytica PCR Schematic of the TaqMan real-time PCR        

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