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[[Image:Entamoeba coli.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Entamoeba coli'' - Wikimedia Commons]]
*Mostly found in warmer climates
*Reproduces by binary fission
*Encysts and is passed out in the faeces
'''Pathogenesis'''
*Is the main cause of amoebic dysentery in man
**Acts as a source of infection for dogs and cats
*Monkeys have their own strains of ''Entamoeba histolytica'' which are also infective for man
*Trophozoites secrete proteolytic enzymes which produces flask-shaped ulcers in the mucosa of the [[Large Intestine - Anatomy & Physiology|large intestine]]
**Erosion of the [[Large Intestine - Anatomy & Physiology|large intestine]] may allow the parasite to enter the bloodstream which can cause abscesses in the [[Liver - Anatomy & Physiology|liver]]
'''Diagnosis'''
*Detection of motile organisms and cysts in fresh faecal smears[[Category:Protozoa]]
*Mostly found in warmer climates
*Reproduces by binary fission
*Encysts and is passed out in the faeces
'''Pathogenesis'''
*Is the main cause of amoebic dysentery in man
**Acts as a source of infection for dogs and cats
*Monkeys have their own strains of ''Entamoeba histolytica'' which are also infective for man
*Trophozoites secrete proteolytic enzymes which produces flask-shaped ulcers in the mucosa of the [[Large Intestine - Anatomy & Physiology|large intestine]]
**Erosion of the [[Large Intestine - Anatomy & Physiology|large intestine]] may allow the parasite to enter the bloodstream which can cause abscesses in the [[Liver - Anatomy & Physiology|liver]]
'''Diagnosis'''
*Detection of motile organisms and cysts in fresh faecal smears[[Category:Protozoa]]