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Abe, N., Nishikawa, Y., Yasukawa, A. & Haruki, K. (1999) Entamoeba histolytica outbreaks in institutions for the mentally retarded. Jpn. J. Infect. Dis. 52: 135-136.

Agarwal, S.K., Khatri, S., Anuradha, S., Singh, N.P. & Baveja, U. (1999) Tumour necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-2 in pus aspirate and blood in patients with amoebic liver abscess. J. Assoc. Physicians India 47: 1065-1067.

Ahmed, G.U., Pirie, D. & Bereczky, Z. (1999) Penile amebiasis. Infect. Urol. 12: 89-92.

Akgun, Y., Tacyildiz, I.H. & Celik, Y. (1999) Amebic liver abscess: changing trends over 20 years. World J. Surg. 23: 102-106.

Alba-Hurtado, F., Díaz-Otero, F., Valdivia, G., Reyes, R., Tsutsumi, V. & Acosta, G. (1999) Cellular immune response of intracecally inoculated Mongolian gerbils with Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites. Rev. Latinoamer. Microbiol. 41: 205-210.

Albert, M.J., Faruque, A.S.G., Faruque, S.M., Sack, R.B. & Mahalanabis, D. (1999) Case-control study of enteropathogens associated with childhood diarrhea in Dhaka, Bangladesh. J. Clin. Microbiol. 37: 3458-3464.

Anand, A.C. & Puri, P. (1999) Amoebiasis revisited: pathogenesis, diagnosis and management. Trop. Gastroenterol. 20: 2-15.

Andrä, J. & Leippe, M. (1999) Candidacidal activity of shortened synthetic analogs of amoebapores and NK-lysin. Med. Microbiol. Immunol. 188: 117-124.

Ankri, S. & Mirelman, D. (1999) Antimicrobial properties of allicin from garlic. Microbes Infection 1: 125-129.

Ankri, S., Stolarsky, T., Bracha, R., Padilla-Vaca, F. & Mirelman, D. (1999) Antisense inhibition of expression of cysteine proteinases affects Entamoeba histolytica-induced formation of liver abscess in hamsters. Infect. Immun. 67: 421-422.

Ankri, S., Padilla-Vaca, F., Stolarsky, T., Koole, L., Katz, U. & Mirelman, D. (1999) Antisense inhibition of expression of the light subunit (35 kDa) of the Gal/GalNac lectin complex inhibits Entamoeba histolytica virulence. Mol. Microbiol. 33: 327-337.

Ankri, S., Bracha, R., Padilla-Vaca, F. & Mirelman, D. (1999) Applying antisense technology to the study of Entamoeba histolytica pathogenesis: Response. Trends Microbiol. 7: 473-474.

Anonymous (1999) [Recommendations for treatment of diarrhea in children. 8 pathogens in focus (in German)]. Arztl. Prax. Pädiatr. Issue 6: 28, 31.

Antony, S.J. & Lopez-Po, P. (1999) Genital amebiasis: historical perspective of an unusual disease presentation. Urology 54: 952-955.

Araiza-Orozco, L.M., Avila, E.E., Muñoz, M.d.L. & Arias-Negrete, S. (1999) Entamoeba histolytica: surface proteolytic activity and its relationship with in vivo virulence. Folia Parasitol. 46: 161-167.

Arias-Negrete, S., Muñoz, M. de L. & Muríllo-Jasso, F. (1999) Expression of in vitro virulence by Entamoeba histolytica: effect of calmodulin inhibitors. APMIS 107: 875-881.

Ariyanayagam, M.R. & Fairlamb, A.H. (1999) Entamoeba histolytica lacks trypanothione metabolism. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 103: 61-69.

Azazy, A.A. & Al Tiar, A.S. (1999) A study survey on intestinal and blood parasites among school children in Sana'a province, Yemen. Saudi Med. J. 20: 422-424.

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Badalamenti, S., Jameson, J.E. & Reddy, K.R. (1999) Amebiasis. Curr. Treat. Options Gastroenterol. 2: 97-103.

Bagchi, A., Bhattacharya, A. & Bhattacharya, S. (1999) Lack of a chromosomal copy of the circular rDNA plasmid of Entamoeba histolytica. Int. J. Parasitol. 29: 1775-1783.

Baqai, R. (1999) Importance of differentiation of Entamoeba histolytica from Entamoeba dispar. J. Pak. Med. Assoc. 49: 229-230.

Belley, A., Keller, K., Goettke, M. & Chadee, K. (1999) Intestinal mucins in colonization and host defense against pathogens. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 60(Suppl): 10-15.

Bhandari, N., Bahl, R., Dua, T., Kumar, R. & Srivastava, R. (1999) Role of protozoa as risk factors for persistent diarrhea. Indian J. Pediatr. 66: 21-26.

Bhattacharya, A., Bhattacharya, S. & Ackers, J.P. (1999) Nontranslated polyadenylated ribonucleic acids from the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica. Curr. Sci. 77: 564-567.

Boia, M.N. (1999) [Cross-sectional study of intestinal parasites and Chagas' disease in the Municipality of Novo Airao, State of Amazonas, Brazil (in Portugese)]. Cad. Saude Publica 15: 497-504.

Boore, J.L. & Fuerstenberg, S.I. (1999) Entamoeba histolytica: a derived, mitochondriate eukaryote? Trends Microbiol. 7: 426-428.

Bracha, R., Nuchamowitz, Y., Leippe, M. & Mirelman, D. (1999) Antisense inhibition of amoebapore expression in Entamoeba histolytica causes a decrease in amoebic virulence. Mol. Microbiol. 34: 463-472.

Bruhn, H. & Leippe, M. (1999) Comparative modeling of amoebapores and granulysin based on the NK-lysin structure-structural and functional implications. Biol. Chem. 380: 1001-1007.

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Caeiro, J.P., Mathewson, J.J., Smith, M.A., Jiang, Z.D., Kaplan, M.A. & Dupont, H.L. (1999) Etiology of outpatient pediatric nondysenteric diarrhea: a multicenter study in the United States. Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 18: 94-97.

Calzada, F., Meckes, M. & Cedillo Rivera, R. (1999) Antiamoebic and antigiardial activity of plant flavonoids. Planta Medica 65: 78-80.

Calzada, F., Cerda-Garcia-Rojas, C.M., Meckes, M., Cedillo-Rivera, R., Bye, R. & Mata, R. (1999) Geranins A and B, new antiprotozoal A-type proanthocyanidins from Geranium niveum. J. Nat. Prod. 62: 705-709.

Campbell, D., Gaucher, D. & Chadee, K. (1999) Serum from Entamoeba histolytica-infected gerbils selectively suppresses T cell proliferation by inhibiting Interleukin-2 production. J. Infect. Dis. 179: 1495-1501.

Catalano, O., De Rosa, A., Cusati, B., Nunziata, A., Esposito, M. & Siani, A. (1999) [Diagnostic imaging and interventional radiology of amebic liver abscesses. Personal experience (in Italian)]. Radiol. Med. (Torino) 98: 283-287.

Chaudhuri, S., Choudhury, N. & Raha, S. (1999) Growth stimulation by serum in Entamoeba histolytica is associated with protein tyrosine dephosphorylation. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 178: 241-249.

Chen, J., Liu, G. & Wen, W. (1999) [Studies on the continuous culture and the growth of Entamoeba gingivalis (in Chinese)]. Chinese J. Parasitol. Parasitic Dis. 17: 209-211.

Cheng, H.S. & Wang, L.C. (1999) Amoebiasis among institutionalized psychiatric patients in Taiwan. Epidemiol. Infect. 122: 317-322.

Cheng, X.-J., Tachibana, H. & Kaneda, Y. (1999) Protection of hamsters from amebic liver abscess formation by a monoclonal antibody to a 150-kDa surface lectin of Entamoeba histolytica. Parasitol. Res. 85: 78-80.

Ciftci, A.O., Karnak, I., Senocak, M.E., Kale, G. & Buyukpamukcu, N. (1999) Spectrum of complicated intestinal amebiasis through resected specimens: incidence and outcome. J. Pediatr. Surg. 34: 1369-1373.

Ciriza, C., Romero, M.J., Karpman, G., Valerdiz, S. & García, L. (1999) [Amebic liver abscesses with bacterial superinfection in a nonendemic area (in Spanish)]. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. 22: 286-289.

Clark, C.G. (1999) The effect of secondary loss on our views of eukaryotic evolution. Biol. Bull. 196: 385-387.

Cook, G.C. (1999) Invasive hepatic amoebiasis one hundred years ago: the Seamen's Hospital Society's experience (1870-95). Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 93: 220-221.

Coppi, A. & Eichinger, D. (1999) Regulation of Entamoeba invadens encystation and gene expression with galactose and N-acetylglucosamine. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 102: 67-77.

Crane, J.K. & Datta, S. (1999) Amebic lung abscess in a psychiatric patient. Infections in Medicine 16: 816-819.

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Das, A. & Variyam, E.P. (1999) Intestinal parasitic infections. Curr. Opin. Gastroenterol. 15: 59- 65.

Das, P., Debnath, A. & Muñoz, M. de L. (1999) Molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis in amebiasis. Indian J. Gastroenterol. 18: 161-166.

Deshmukh, H., Prasad, S., Patankar, T. & Patel, V. (1999) Percutaneous management of a broncho-biliary fistula complicating ruptured amebic liver abscess. Am. J. Gastroenterol. 94: 289-290.

Dietrich, M. (1999) [Amoebiasis (in German)]. Verdauungskrankheiten 17: 275-279.

Dodson, J.M., Lenkowski, P.W., Jr., Eubanks, A.C., Jackson, T.F., Napodano, J., Lyerly, D.M., Lockhart, L.A., Mann, B.J. & Petri, W.A., Jr. (1999) Infection and immunity mediated by the carbohydrate recognition domain of the Entamoeba histolytica Gal/GalNAc lectin. J. Infect. Dis. 179: 460-466.

Dowling, J., Riley, D., Morris, A. & MacCulloch, D. (1999) Attempts to detect parasitic causes of diarrhoea. NZ Med. J. 112: 104.

Dutta, P., Mitra, U., Saha, D.R., Niyogi, S.K., Manna, B. & Bhattacharya, S.K. (1999) Mucoid presentation of acute enterocolitis in children: a hospital-based case-control study. Acta Paediatr. 88: 822-826.

Farthing, M.J.G. (1999) Gut infections. Eur. J. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. 11: 17-20.

Field, M.C., Ali, B.R.S. & Field, H. (1999) GTPases in protozoan parasites: Tools for cell biology and chemotherapy. Parasitol. Today 15: 365-371.

Franco, E., Soares, R.M.D. & Meza, I. (1999) Specific and reversible inhibition of Entamoeba histolytica cysteine-proteinase activities by Zn2+:Implications for adhesion and cell damage. Arch. Med. Res. 30: 82-88.

Garcia-Rivera, G., Rodriguez, M.A., Ocadiz, R., Martinez-Lopez, M.C., Arroyo, R., Gonzalez-Robles, A. & Orozco, E. (1999) Entamoeba histolytica : a novel cysteine protease and an adhesin form the 112 kDa surface protein. Mol. Microbiol. 33: 556-568.

García-Zapién, A.G., González-Robles, A. & Mora-Galindo, J. (1999) Congo Red effect on cyst viability and cellwall structure of encysting Entamoeba invadens. Arch. Med. Res. 30: 106-115.

Gatti, S., Cevini, C., Bernuzzi, A.M., Bruno, A. & Scaglia, M. (1999) Symptomatic and asymptomatic amoebiasis in two heterosexual couples. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 93: 829-835.

Ghosh, P.K., Gupta, S., Ghosh, R., Ruiz, B.H. & Ortiz-Ortiz, L. (1999) Experimental amebiasis: molecular weight analysis of Entamoeba histolytica antigens recognized by IgG antibodies. Indian J. Exp. Biol. 37: 803-806.

Ghosh, S.K., Field, J., Frisardi, M., Rosenthal, B., Mai, Z., Rogers, R. & Samuelson, J. (1999) Chitinase secretion by encysting Entamoeba invadens and transfected Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites: localization of secretory vesicles, endoplasmic reticulum, and golgi apparatus. Infect. Immun. 67: 3073-3081.

Gilchrist, C.A. & Petri, W.A., Jr. (1999) Virulence factors of Entamoeba histolytica. Curr. Opin. Microbiol. 2: 433-437.

Gomes, M.A., Pesquero, J.B., Furst, C., Valle, P.R., Pesquero, J.L. & Silva, E.F. (1999) An improved method to distinguish Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar. Parsitology 119: 359-362.

Gonzalez, J., Bai, G., Frevert, U., Corey, E.J. & Eichinger, D. (1999) Proteasome-dependent cyst formation and stage-specific ubiquitin mRNA accumulation in Entamoeba invadens. Eur. J. Biochem. 264: 897-904.

Goodyer, L. (1999) Travel medicine. (2): Travellers' diarrhoea. Pharmaceut. J. 263: 571-576.

Guillén, N. (1999) [Dynamic study of the cytoskeleton during Entamoeba histolytica invasion of tissues (in French)]. Ann. Inst. Pasteur 10: 121-135.

Gulek, B. & Onel, S. (1999) US and CT findings of rectal amebian abscess. Eur. Radiol. 9: 719-720.

Gupta, S., Naik, S. & Naik, S.R. (1999) Vaccine potential of 56-66 kDa protease secreted by Entamoeba histolytica. Indian J. Med. Res. 109: 141-146.

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Haque, R., Ali, I.K.M. & Petri, W.A., Jr. (1999) Prevalence and immune response to Entamoeba histolytica infection in preschool children in Bangladesh. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 60: 1031-1034.

Hellberg, A., Sommer, A. & Bruchhaus, I. (1999) Primary sequence of a putative non-ATPase subunit of the 26S proteasome from Entamoeba histolytica is similar to the human and yeast S2 subunit. Parasitol. Res. 85: 417-420.

Herrera-Llerandi, R. (1999) Management of hepatic abscesses (Letter). World J. Surg. 23: 1316.

Hoffner, R.J., Kilaghbian, T., Esekogwu, V.I. & Henderson, S.O. (1999) Common presentations of amebic liver abscess. Ann. Emerg. Med. 34: 351-355.

Horner, D.S., Hirt, R.P. & Embley, T.M. (1999) A single eubacterial origin of eukaryotic pyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase genes: Implications for the evolution of anaerobic eukaryotes. Mol. Biol. Evol. 16: 1280-1291.

Hubble, J. (1999) A model of multivalent ligand-receptor equilibria which explains the effect of multivalent binding inhibitors. Mol. Immunol. 36: 13-18.

Hung, C.C., Chen, P.J., Hsieh, S.M., Wong, J.M., Fang, C.T., Chang, S.C. & Chen, M.Y. (1999) Invasive amoebiasis: an emerging parasitic disease in patients infected with HIV in an area endemic for amoebic infection. AIDS 13: 2421-2428.

Huston, C.D. & Petri, W.A. (1999) Amebiasis: clinical implications of the recognition of Entamoeba dispar. Curr Infect Dis Rep 1: 441-447.

Imnadze, P., Baidoshvili, L., Kreidl, P. & Greco, D. (1999) Investigation of an outbreak of amoebiasis in Georgia. Euro. Surveill. 4: 103-104.

Jain, A. & Kar, P. (1999) HBsAg carrier with simultaneous amebic liver abscess and acute hepatitis E. Indian J. Gastroenterol. 18: 124.

Jamaiah, I. & Shekhar, K.C. (1999) Amoebiasis: a 10 year retrospective study at the University Hospital, Kuala Lumpur. Med. J. Malaysia 54: 296-302.

Joos, L., Loosli, J., Spichtin, H.P. & Krause, M. (1999) [Amoebic liver abscess in chronic colitis: revision of ''Crohn's disease'' diagnosis (in German)]. Schweiz. Med. Wochenschr. 129: 1656-1659.

Joshi, N.V., Medina, H., Urdaneta, H. & Berrueta, L. (1999) In vivo nanoimaging and ultrastructure of Entamoeba histolytica by using atomic force microscopy. Exp. Parasitol. 93: 95-100.

Karki, B.M.S. & Parija, S.C. (1999) Co-agglutination test for the detection of circulating antigen in amebic liver abscess. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 60: 498-501.

Kitchen, L.W. (1999) Case studies in international travelers. Am. Fam. Physician 60: 471-474.

Koltuksuz, U., Gursoy, M.H., Mutus, M., Aydin, A., Aydinc, M., Cetin, S. & Ciralik, H. (1999) Multifocal omental mesenteric inflammatory pseudotumor. Eur. J. Pediatr. Surg. 9: 426-429.

Kreidl, P., Imnadze, P., Baidoshvili, L. & Greco, D. (1999) Investigation of an outbreak of amoebiasis in Georgia. Eurosurveillance 4: 103-106.

Kullavanijaya, P., Tangkijvanich, P. & Poovorawan, Y. (1999) Current status of infection-related gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary diseases in Thailand. S.E. Asian J. Trop. Med. Publ. Hlth. 30: 96-105.

Land, K.M. (1999) Inside-out signalling. Trends Microbiol. 7: 14.

Land, K.M. & Johnson, P.J. (1999) Molecular basis of metronidazole resistance in pathogenic bacteria and protozoa. Drug Res. Updates 2: 289-294.

Leber, A.L. (1999) Intestinal amebae. Clinics Lab. Med. 19: 601-619, vii.

Leippe, M. (1999) Antimicrobial and cytolytic polypeptides of amoeboid protozoa: effector molecules of primitive phagocytes. Dev. Comp. Immunol. 23: 267-279.

Lemons-Estes, F.M., Neafie, R.C. & Meyers, W.M. (1999) Unusual cutaneous infectious and parasitic diseases. Dermatol. Clins. 17: 151-185.

Lohia, A., Hait, N.C. & Lahiri Majumder, A. (1999) L-myo-inositol 1-phosphate synthase from Entamoeba histolytica. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 98: 67-79.

Limson, A.A., Danguilan, L.J., Gutierrez, R.R., de Jesus, R.S., Crisostomo, A.C. & Roxas, A.M. (1999) Surgery in the Philippines. Arch. Surg. 134: 323-327.

Luna-Arias, J.P., Hernandez-Rivas, R., de Dios-Bravo, G., Garcia, J., Mendoza, L. & Orozco, E. (1999) The TATA-box binding protein of Entamoeba histolytica: cloning of the gene and location of the protein by immunofluorescence and confocal microscopy. Microbiology 145: 33-40.

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Mai, Z., Ghosh, S., Frisardi, M., Rosenthal, B., Rogers, R. & Samuelson, J. (1999) Hsp60 is targeted to a cryptic mitochondrion-derived organelle ("Crypton") in the microaerophilic protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica. Mol. Cell. Biol. 19: 2198-2205.

Makioka, A., Kumagai, M., Ohtomo, H., Kobayashi, S. & Takeuchi, T. (1999) DNA polymerase activity in encysting Entamoeba invadens. Parasitol. Res. 85: 604-606.

Martínez Pérez, A. & Justiniani Cedeño, N.E. (1999) [Incidence of intestinal parasites in pediatric patients with hematologic neoplasms from 1 to 15 years of age (in Spanish)]. Rev. Alerg. Mex. 46: 26-29.

Mattar, S., Pulido, N., Mulett, R., Londono, D., Medina, G., Martinez, M., Coronado, C. & Gamboa, A. (1999) Aetiology of acute infectious diarrhoea in a private hospital in Colombia. Med. Sci. Res. 27: 29-32.

Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A. & Cedillo-Rivera, R. (1999) Antiprotozoal properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytother. Res. 13: 102-105.

Mercado, R., Pablo Otto, J. & Perez, M. (1999) [Seasonal variation of intestinal protozoa infections in outpatients of the North Section of Santiago, Chile. 1995-1996 (in Spanish)]. Bol. Chil. Parasitol. 54: 41-44.

Mizuno, Y., Mori, M., Ohba, K., Kumada, K., Owaki, T., Kamiya, S. & Kawai, H. (1999) [Amoebic liver abscess (in Japanese)]. Ryoikibetsu Shokogun Shirizu 24: 419-422.

Moorthy, A.K., Gopal, B., Mohan, C.G. & Murthy, M.R.N. (1999) Temperature-dependent cell transformation in a calcium-binding protein from Entamoeba histolytica. Curr.Sci. 77: 855-856.

Moorthy, A.K., Gopal, B., Satish, P.R., Bhattacharya, S., Bhattacharya, A., Murthy, M.R. & Surolia, A. (1999) Thermodynamics of target peptide recognition by calmodulin and a calmodulin analogue: implications for the role of the central linker. FEBS Letts. 461: 19-24.

Moreno Fierros, L., Resendiz Albor, A.A. & Lopez Revilla, R. (1999) Different antiamebic antibody isotype patterns in the large and small intestine after local and systemic immunization of mice with glutaraldehyde fixed Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites. Life Sci. 64: 1079-1089.

Munjanja, S.P. (1999) Parasitic infestations in obstetrics and gynaecology. Curare 22: 39-47.

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Nace, E.K., Steurer, F.J. & Eberhard, M.L. (1999) Evaluation of Streck Tissue Fixative, a nonformalin fixative for preservation of stool samples and subsequent parasitologic examination. J. Clin. Microbiol. 37: 4113-4119.

Nath, G., Choudhury, A., Shukla, B.N., Singh, T.B. & Reddy, D.C. (1999) Significance of Cryptosporidium in acute diarrhoea in North-Eastern India. J. Med. Microbiol. 48: 523-526.

Nickel, R., Ott, C., Dandekar, T. & Leippe, M. (1999) Pore-forming peptides of Entamoeba dispar: Similarity and divergence to amoebapores in structure, expression and activity. Eur. J. Biochem. 265: 1002-1007.

Njoya, O., Ndam, E.C., Ngoue, V. & Sende, C.N. (1999) [Amebic liver abscesses in Yaounde (in French)]. Santé 9: 119-122.

Nozaki, T., Asai, T., Sánchez, L.B., Kobayashi, S., Nakazawa, M. & Takeuchi, T. (1999) Characterization of the gene encoding serine Aacetyltransferase, a regulated enzyme of cysteine biosynthesis from the protist parasites Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar. Regulation and possible function of the cysteine biosynthetic pathway in Entamoeba. J. Biol. Chem. 274: 32445-32452.

Ohnishi, K. & Kimura, K. (1999) Amebic liver abscess in an elderly AIDS patient. SE Asian J. Trop. Med. Publ. Hlth. 30: 594-595.

Okuda, K. (1999) Images of interest. Hepatobiliary and pancreatic: a man with an amoebic liver abscess. J. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. 14: 511-512.

Ondarza, R.N., Hernandez, E., Iturbe, A., Hurtado, G. & Tamayo, E.M. (1999) Detection by HPLC of a trypanothione synthetase activity in vitro from Entamoeba histolytica. Biotechnol. Appl. Biochem. 30: 41-45.

Ondarza, R.N., Iturbe, A., Hurtado, G., Tamayo, E., Ondarza, M. & Hernandez, E. (1999) Entamoeba histolytica: a eukaryote with trypanothione metabolism instead of glutathione metabolism. Biotechnol. Appl. Biochem. 30: 47-52.

Ono, K., Tsuji, H., Torita, S., Yamane, S., Tominaga, H., Masuda, K., Okudaira, H., Tajiri, E. & Kawamura, T. (1999) [Invasive amebiasis at an institution for the mentally retarded in Hyogo prefecture (in Japanese)]. Rinsho Byori 47: 669-675.

Orozco, E., Gómez, C. & Pérez, D.G. (1999) Physiology and molecular genetics of multidrug resistance in Entamoeba histolytica. Drug Resist. Updates 2: 188-197.

Oto, A., Akhan, O. & Ozmen, M. (1999) Focal inflammatory diseases of the liver. Eur. J. Radiol. 32: 61-75.

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Padilla-Vaca, F., Ankri, S., Bracha, R., Koole, L.A. & Mirelman, D. (1999) Down regulation of Entamoeba histolytica virulence by monoxenic cultivation with Escherichia coli O55 is related to a decrease in expression of the light (35-kilodalton) subunit of the Gal/GalNAc lectin. Infect. Immun. 67: 2096-2102.

Pakianathan, M.R. & McMillan, A. (1999) Intestinal protozoa in homosexual men in Edinburgh. Int. J. STD AIDS 10: 780-784.

Parija, S.C. & Karki, B.M. (1999) Detection of circulating antigen in amoebic liver abscess by counter-current immunoelectrophoresis. J. Med. Microbiol. 48: 99-101.

Park, S.J., Yong, T.S., Chang, J.K., Im, K. & Soh, C.T. (1999) Characterization of YS-27, an axenic Korean strain of Entamoeba histolytica. Korean J. Parasitol. 37: 59-62.

Passreiter, C.M., Sandoval-Ramirez, J. & Wright, C.W. (1999) Sesquiterpene lactones from Neurolaena oaxacana. J. Nat. Prod. 62: 1093-1095.

Paveto, C., Torres, H.N., Flawia, M.M., García Espitia, M., Ortega, A. & Orozco, E. (1999) Entamoeba histolytica: Signaling through G proteins. Exp. Parasitol. 91: 170-175.

Pelloux, H. (1999) [Parasitic diseases should not be underestimated when traveling abroad (in French)]. Rev. Med. Suisse Romande 119: 93-97.

Perera, J., Jayawaradne, I., Mendis, L. & Abeyratne, K. (1999) Intestinal parasites and diarrhea in a childrens hospital in Sri Lanka. Ceylon J. Med. Sci. 42: 7-12.

Petithory, J.C. & Ardoin, F. (1999) [P. Sargeaunt's staining of amoebic cyst chromatoids with Malachite Green (in French)]. Bull. Soc. Française Parasitol. 17: 29-31.

Petri, W.A. & Ramakrishnan, G. (1999) Applying antisense technology to the study of Entamoeba histolytica pathogenesis. Trends Microbiol. 7: 471-473.

Petri, W.A. & Singh, U. (1999) Diagnosis and management of amebiasis. Clin. Infect. Dis. 29: 1117-1125.

Phetsouvanh, R., Midorikawa, Y. & Nakamura, S. (1999) The seasonal variation in the microbial agents implicated in the etiology of diarrheal diseases among children in Lao People's Democratic Republic. SE Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health 30: 319-323.

Pillai, D.R. & Kain, K.C. (1999) Immunochromatographic strip-based detection of Entamoeba histolytica-E. dispar and Giardia lamblia coproantigen. J. Clin. Microbiol. 37: 3017-3019.

Pillai, D.R., Keystone, J.S., Sheppard, D.C., MacLean, J.D., MacPherson, D.W. & Kain, K.C. (1999) Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar: Epidemiology and comparison of diagnostic methods in a setting of nonendemicity. Clin. Infect. Dis. 29: 1315-1318.

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