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amebiasis +   
A parasitic protozoa infectious disease that involves infection caused by the amoeba Entamoeba histolytica. Amebic invasion of the intestinal lining causes dysentery, colitis or diarrhea. The infection can also spread through the blood to the liver and, rarely, to the lungs, brain or other organs. (DO)
Central Nervous System Protozoal Infections +   
Ciliophora Infections +  
coccidiosis +   
dientamoebiasis 
Euglenozoa Infections +   
giardiasis 
leishmaniasis +   
malaria +   
parasitic Ichthyosporea infectious disease +  
Protozoan Infections, Animal +   
Tick-Borne Diseases +   
trichomoniasis +  
trypanosomiasis +   

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: Amebic Abscess ;   Ameboma ;   Amebomas ;   Iodamoebiases ;   Iodamoebiasis ;   amebiases ;   amebic abscesses ;   amoebiases ;   amoebiasis
Related Synonyms: chronic intestinal amebiasis
Primary IDs: MESH:D000562
Xrefs: EFO:0007144 ;   GARD:652 ;   ICD10CM:A06 ;   ICD9CM:006 ;   NCI:C157785 ;   NCI:C84551
Definition Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoebiasis "DO" "DO", http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000298.htm "DO" "DO"

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