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Entamoeba histolytica: Morphology and Life Cycle

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Entamoeba histolytica is a common parasite in the large intestine of humans, certain other primates and some other animals. This parasite is responsible to cause amoebiasis which is the third leading parasitic cause of death in the developing countries. Tropohozoites of this parasite are found in the mucous and sub-mucous layers of the large intestine … Read more

Pathogenesis of Gonococcal infection

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Gonococcus is considered to be a strict human parasite. Various attempts were done to infect animals. But all had failed until recently when chimpanzees have been experimentally infected. Gonococcus is generally found only in cases of acute, chronic or asymptomatic infection. But not found in healthy carriers like meningococccus. The latter may account for 70-80% … Read more