Abstract

Review: Facts Concerning Entamoeba histolytica Induced Amoebiasis

Author(s): Nida Tabassum Khan

Amoebiasis poses a serious health threat in tropical and subtropical developing areas of South and West Africa, Central and South America, India, Pakistan and Mexico caused by Entamoeba histolytica, a parasitic protozoan which invades the large intestine of the young ones and infants producing either asymptomatic conditions or dysentery with blood .All the data and valuable information obtained from previous researches and surveys indicating different prevalence rates of intestinal parasitic infections in different parts of the world. And its association with different parameters responsible for its distribution were also mentioned.