Amoebiasis caused by Entamoeba histolytica is the second leading parasitic cause of human mortality, mainly affecting children of the developing world. Recent sequencing of the genome of E.

histolytica is remarkable in exhibiting two different facets of its life in the gut. On one hand, amoebic trophozoites can ... Amoebic liver abscess; Eh = Entamoeba histolytica; EhCP = E.