Editorial Reviews - Water-Borne Diseases From the Publisher Chapters: Typhoid Fever, Diarrhea, Cholera, Dysentery, Constipation, Shigella, Naegleria Fowleri, Blastocystosis, Cryptosporidiosis, Dracunculiasis, Food Microbiology, Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater, Wilderness Acquired Diarrhea, Portable Water Purification, Giardia Lamblia, Schistosomiasis, Traveler's Diarrhea, Amoebiasis, Waterborne Diseases, Dientamoebiasis, Infectious Diarrhea, Balantidium Coli, Vibrio Vulnificus, Schistosomatidae, Lifesaver Bottle, Cryptosporidium Hominis, Griphobilharzia Amoena, Lifestraw, Water Stagnation, Shigella Boydii, Entamoebiasis, Schistosoma Ovuncatum. Excerpt: Amoebiasis , or Amebiasis refers to infection caused by the amoeba Entamoeba histolytica . The term Entamoebiasis is occasionally seen but is no longer in use; it refers to the same infection. Likewise amoebiasis is sometimes incorrectly used to refer to infection with other amoebae, but strictly speaking it should be reserved for Entamoeba histolytica infection. Other amoebae infecting humans include: end{sloppypar Except for Dientamoeba , the parasites above are not thought to cause disease. end{sloppypar A gastrointestinal infection that may or may not be symptomatic and can remain latent in an infected person for several years, amoebiasis is estimated to cause 70,000 deaths per year world wide. Symptoms can range from mild diarrhea to dysentery with blood and mucus in the stool. E. histolytica is usually a commensal organism. Severe amoebiasis infections (known as invasive or fulminant amoebiasis) occur in two major forms. Invasion of the intestinal lining causes amoebic dysentery or amoebic colitis . If the parasite reaches the bloodstream it can spread through the body, most frequently ending up in the liver where it causes amoebic liver abscesses . Liver abscesses can occur without prev... Synopsis Chapters: Typhoid Fever, Diarrhea, Cholera, Dysentery, Constipation, Shigella, Naegler