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Abaza, H., El Zayadi, A.R., Kabil, S.M. & Rizk, H. (1998) Nitazoxanide in the treatment of patients with intestinal protozoan and helminthic infections: A report on 546 patients in Egypt. Curr. Therapeut. Res. Clin. Exper. 59: 116-121.

Abd-Alla, M., Jackson, T.G.F.H. & Ravdin, J.I. (1998) Serum IgG antibody response to the galactose-inhibitable adherence lectin of Entamoeba histolytica. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 59: 431-434.

Adair, R. & Nwaneri, O. (1998) Communicable disease in African immigrants in Minneapolis. Arch. Intern. Med. 159: 83-85.

Ahmed, M., Zaidi, M.H., Syed, S., Salikeen, Z.U. & Shujauddin (1998) Intestinal parasitic infestation among children in Karachi. J. Pakistan Med. Assoc. 48: 343-344.

Akdeniz, H., Irmak, H., Yilmaz, H. & Buzgan, T. (1998) [Treatment results of 110 cases with intestinal amoebiasis (in Turkish)]. Acta Parasitol. Turcica 22: 375-377.

Alouini, Z. (1998) [Fate of parasites eggs and cysts in the course of waste water treatment cycle of the Cherguia station in Tunis (in French)]. Houille Blanche - Rev. Internat. de L'Eau 53: 60-64.

Anand, L., Dhanachand, C. & Brajachand, N. (1998) Prevalence and epidemiologic characteristics of opportunistic and non-opportunistic intestinal parasitic infections in HIV positive patients in Manipur. J. Commun. Dis. 30: 19-22.

Ankri, S., Stolarsky, T. & Mirelman, D. (1998) Antisense inhibition of expression of cysteine proteinases does not affect Entamoeba histolytica cytopathic or haemolytic activity but inhibits phagocytosis. Mol. Microbiol. 28: 777-785.

Anonymous (1998) [Amebiasis in pediatrics (in Spanish)]. Practica Pediatrica 7: 7-9.

Arhets, P., Olivo, J.C., Gounon, P., Sansonetti, P. & Guillén, N. (1998) Virulence and functions of myosin II are inhibited by overexpression of light meromyosin in Entamoeba histolytica. Mol. Biol. Cell. 6: 1537-1547.

Baily, G.G. (1998) Parasitic infections of the heart. J. Infect. 37: 2-4.

Banyai, L. & Patthy, L. (1998) Amoebapore homologs of Caenorhabditis elegans. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1429: 259-264.

Barcat, D., Constans, J., Jarnier, P., Le Metayer, P., Gosse, P. & Conri, C. (1998) [Thrombosis of the inferior vena caval and right atrium in amoebic abscess of the liver (in French)]. Archives Mal. Coeur Vaiss. 91: 271-273.

Bardak, T., Uner, A., Tappeh, K.H. & Hacialioglu, M. (1998) [Distribution of Entamoeba gingivalis and Trichomonas tenax in patients with gingivitis and periodontitis (in Turkish)]. Acta Parasitol. Turcica 22: 251-254.

Bayraktar, Y., Arslan, S., Saglam, F., Uzunalimoglu, B. & Kayhan, B. (1998) What is the association of primary sclerosing cholangitis with sex and inflammatory bowel disease in Turkish patients? Hepatogastroenterology 45: 2064-2072.

Bellosillo, N.A. & Gorbach, S.L. (1998) Diarrhea and HIV infection. Infect. Dis. Clin. Pract. 7: 213-219.

Bhatia, S., Karnad, D.R. & Oak, J.L. (1998) Randomized double-blind trial of metronidazole versus secnidazole in amebic liver abscess. Indian J. Gastroenterol. 17: 53-54.

Bhattacharya, A., Anand, M.T., Paul, J., Yadav, N. & Bhattacharya, S. (1998) Molecular changes in Entamoeba histolytica in response to bacteria. J. Euk. Microbiol. 45: 28S-33S.

Bhattacharya, S., Som, I. & Bhattacharya, A. (1998) The ribosomal DNA plasmids of Entamoeba. Parasitol. Today 14: 181-185.

Bixquert, M. & Gonzalvo, J.M. (1998) [Diarrhea in AIDS patients (in Spanish)]. Gastroenterologia y Hepatologia 21: 352-360.

Braga, L.L., Mendonca, Y., Paiva, C.A., Sales, A., Cavalcante, A.L.M. & Mann, B.J. (1998) Seropositivity for and intestinal colonization with Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar in individuals in Northeastern Brazil. J. Clin. Microbiol. 36: 3044-3045.

Bruchhaus, I., Richter, S. & Tannich, E. (1998) Recombinant expression and biochemical characterization of an NADPH:flavin oxidoreductase from Entamoeba histolytica. Biochem. J. 330: 1217-1221.

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Calzada, F., Alanis, A.D., Meckes, M., Tapia Contreras, A. & Cedillo Rivera, R. (1998) In vitro susceptibility of Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia lamblia to some medicinal plants used by the people of Southern Mexico. Phytother. Res. 12: 70-72.

Calzada, F., Meckes, M., Cedillo Rivera, R., Tapia Contreras, A. & Mata, R. (1998) Screening of Mexican medicinal plants for antiprotozoal activity. Pharmaceut. Biol 36: 305-309.

Calzado-Flores, C. & Segura, J.J. (1998) System of 14C-glucose incorporation in axenic cultures of Entamoeba invadens IP-1 strain. Arch. Med. Res. 29: 225-230.

Caumes, E. & Danis, M. (1998) [Rare autochthonous parasitic diseases in dermatology (in French)]. Annales Dermatol. Venereol. 125: 85-89.

Chacin Bonilla, L., Guanipa, N., Cano, G., Parra, A.M., Estevez, J. & Raleigh, X. (1998) Epidemiological study of intestinal parasitic infections in a rural area from Zulia State, Venezuela. Interciencia 23: 241-247.

Chao, T.H., Li, Y.H., Tsai, L.M., Tsai, W.C., Teng, J.K., Lin, L.J. & Chen, J.H. (1998) Amebic liver abscess complicated with cardiac tamponade and mediastinal abscess. J. Formosan Med. Assoc. 97: 214-216.

Cheng, X.-J., Tsukamoto, H., Kaneda, Y. & Tachibana, T. (1998) Identification of the 150-kDa surface antigen of Entamoeba histolytica as a galactose- and N-acetyl-d-galactosamine-inhibitable lectin. Parasitol. Res. 84: 632-639.

Cho, J. & Eichinger, D. (1998) Crithidia fasciculata induces encystation of Entamoeba invadens in a galactose-dependent manner. J. Parasitol. 84: 705-710.

Civardi, G., Di Candio, G., Giorgio, A., Goletti, O., Ceragioli, T., Filice, C., Caremani, M. & Buscarini, L. (1998) Ultrasound guided percutaneous drainage of abdominal abscesses in the hands of the clinician: a multicenter Italian study. Eur. J. Ultrasound 8: 91-99.

Clark, C.G. (1998) Entamoeba dispar, an organism reborn. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 92: 361-364.

Clark, C.G., Silberman, J.D., Diamond, L.S. & Sogin, M.L. (1998) Molecular systematics of the intestinal amoebae. In G. H. Coombs, K. Vickerman, M. A. Sleigh and A. Warren (Eds.), Evolutionary Relationships Among Protozoa. Dortrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 169-180.

Curtale, F., Nabil, M., el Wakeel, A. & Shamy, M.Y. (1998) Anaemia and intestinal parasitic infections among school age children in Behera Governorate, Egypt. J. Trop. Pediatr. 44: 323-328.

Datry, A., Accoceberry, I., Thellier, M., Carriere, J., Botterel, F. & Danis, M. (1998) Protozooses and fecal peril. Bull. Soc. Pathol. Exot. 91: 423.

De Menezes, L.F., Rodriguez, M.A., Vargas, M.A., Salgado, L.M. & Orozco, E. (1998) Effect of bacterial association on the phenotype and genotype of an Entamoeba histolytica clonal population. Invasion Metastasis 17: 176-188.

De Villiers, J.P. & Durra, G. (1998) Amoebic abscess of the brain (Case Report). Clin. Radiol. 53: 307-309.

Demircin, G., Oner, A., Erdogan, O., Bulbul, M. & Memis, L. (1998) Henoch Schonlein purpura and amebiasis. Acta Paediatr. Jpn. 40: 489-491.

Deng, Z., Huang, M., Singh, K., Albach, R.A., Latshaw, S.P., Chang, K.P. & Kemp, R.G. (1998) Cloning and expression of the gene for the active PPi-dependent phosphofructokinase of Entamoeba histolytica. Biochem J 329: 659-664.

Devera, R. (1998) [Absence of Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar in Bolivar City, State of Bolivar, Venezuela (in Spanish)]. Rev. Bioméd. 9: 199-201.

Dhar, S.K., Vines, R.R., Bhattacharya, S. & Petri, W.A., Jr. (1998) Ribosomal DNA fragments enhance the stability of transfected DNA in Entamoeba histolytica. J. Euk. Microbiol. 45: 656-660.

Dogan, N. & Akgun, Y. (1998) [The study of intestinal parasites in elementary school students of Bozan area (in Turkish)]. Acta Parasitol. Turcica 22: 398-398.

Dunzendorfer, T. & Kasznica, J. (1998) Amebic and/or ulcerative colitis? (Letter). Gastrointest. Endosc. 48: 450-451.

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Espinosa-Cantellano, M., González-Robles, A., Chávez, B., Castañon, G., Argüello, C., Lázaro-Haller, A. & Martínez-Palomo, A. (1998) Entamoeba dispar : ultrastructure, surface properties, and cytopathic effect. J. Euk. Microbiol. 45: 265-272.

Fonte, L., Montalvo, A.M., Alberti, E., Núñez, F. & Rojas, L. (1998) Overdiagnosis of intestinal amoebiasis associated to serial microscopical examination of faeces. Some precisions on a problem. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 93: 799-800.

Fonte Galindo, L., Nuñez Fernández, F., Montalvo Alavarez, A.M., Rojas Rivero, L., Galloso Rodríguez, M., Ginorio Gavito, D., Hernández Hernández, M.E., Vázquez Pérez, A. & Ramírez Ramírez, A. (1998) [Validation in Havana City, Cuba of ENZYMEBA, an immunoassay for detecting Entamoeba histolytica in feces (in Spanish)]. Rev. Cubana Med. Trop. 50: 18-21.

Francavilla, R., Iaiani, G., Franchi, C. & Galanti, G. (1998) [Intestinal amoebiasis: Our experience about an increasing disease (in Italian)]. G. Ital. Mal. Infett. 4: 363-369.

Fryauff, D.J., Prodjodipuro, P., Basri, H., Jones, T.R., Mouzin, E., Widjaja, H. & Subianto, B. (1998) Intestinal parasite infections after extended use of chloroquine or primaquine for malaria prevention. J. Parasitol. 84: 626-629.

Gal, J. & Satorhelyi, T. (1998) [Entamoeba colonitis in Bell's hinge-back tortoise (Kinixys belliana) (in Hungarian)]. Magyar Allatorvosok Lapja 120: 218-220.

Garcia, L.S. & Shimizu, R.Y. (1998) Evaluation of intestinal protozoan morphology in human fecal specimens preserved in EcoFix: comparison of Wheatley's trichrome stain and EcoStain. J. Clin. Microbiol. 36: 1974-1976.

Gatti, S., Mahdi, R., Bruno, A., Cevini, C. & Scaglia, M. (1998) A survey of amoebic infection in the Wonji area of central Ethiopia. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 92: 173-179.

Germani, Y., Minssart, P., Vohito, M., Yassibanda, S., Glaziou, P., Hocquet, D., Berthelemy, P. & Morvan, J. (1998) Etiologies of acute, persistent, and dysenteric diarrheas in adults in Bangui, Central African Republic, in relation to human immunodeficiency virus serostatus. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 59: 1008-1014.

Ghose, R. (1998) Sporadic amoebic liver abscess in the North Island (Letter). New Zealand Med. J. 111: 83.

Ghosh, P.K., Gupta, S., León, L.R., Ghosh, R., Ruíz Ordaz, B.H. & Ortíz-Ortíz, L. (1998) Intestinal amoebiasis: antibody-secreting cells and humoral antibodies. J. Diarrhoeal Dis. Res. 16: 1-7.

Gilchrist, C.A., Mann, B.J. & Petri, W.A., Jr. (1998) Control of ferredoxin and Gal/GalNAc lectin gene expression in Entamoeba histolytica by a cis-acting DNA sequence. Infect. Immun. 66: 2383-2386.

Godbold, G.D. & Mann, B.J. (1998) Involvement of the actin cytoskeleton and p21rho-family GTPases in the pathogenesis of the human protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica. Brazilian J. Med. Biol. Res. 31: 1049-1058.

Gómez, C., Pérez, D.G., López-Bayghen, E. & Orozco, E. (1998) Transcriptional analysis of the EhPgp1 promoter of Entamoeba histolytica multidrug-resistant mutant. J. Biol. Chem. 273: 7277-7284.

Gómez-Conde, E., Hernández-Jáuregui, P., González-Camacho, M., Orozco, E. & Argüello López, C. (1998) Chromatin organization during the nuclear division stages of live Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites. Exp. Parasitol. 89: 122-124.

González-Ruiz, A. & Wright, S.G. (1998) Disparate amoebae (editorial). Lancet 351: 1672-1673.

Göral, V., Jetter, A., Walderish, B., Burchard, G.-D., Ackers, J. & Britten, D. (1998) [An epidemiological study of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar infection using polymerase chain reaction (in Turkish)]. Turk. J. Gastroenterol. 9: 374-376.

Ghosh, P.K., Gupta, S., Naik, S., Ayyagari, A. & Naik, S.R. (1998) Effect of bacterial association on virulence of Entamoeba histolytica to baby hamster kidney cell monolayers. Indian J. Exp. Biol. 36: 911-915.

Gopal, B., Krishna Rao, J.V., Thomas, C.J., Bhattacharya, A., Bhattacharya, S., Murthy, M.R. & Surolia, A. (1998) Induction of a spectroscopically defined transition by guanidinium hydrochloride on a recombinant calcium binding protein from Entamoeba histolytica. FEBS Letts. 441: 71-76.

Gopal, B., Suma, R., Murthy, M.R., Bhattacharya, A. & Bhattacharya, S. (1998) Crystallization and preliminary X-ray studies of a recombinant calcium-binding protein from Entamoeba histolytica. Acta Crystallogr. D. Biol. Crystallogr. 54: 1442-1445.

Göttke, M.U., Keller, K., Belley, A., Garcia, R.M., Hollingsworth, M.A., Mack, D.R. & Chadee, K. (1998) Functional heterogeneity of colonic adenocarcinoma mucins for inhibition of Entamoeba histolytica adherence to target cells. J. Euk. Microbiol. 45: 17S-23S.

Gracenea, M., Gomez, M.S., Fernandez, J. & Feliu, C. (1998) Secnidazole vs. paromomycin: Comparative antiprotozoan treatment in captive primates. J. Med. Primatol. 27: 38-43.

Guerrero-Manríquez, G.G., Sánchez-Ibarra, F. & Avila, E.E. (1998) Inhibition of Entamoeba histolytica proteolytic activity by human salivary IgA antibodies. APMIS 106: 1088-1094.

Guillén, N., Boquet, P. & Sansonetti, P. (1998) The small GTP-binding protein RacG regulates uroid formation in the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica. J. Cell Sci. 111: 1729-1739.

Guillén, N., Carlier, M.F., Brugerolle, G., Tardieux, I. & Aussiel, J. (1998) [Cytoskeletal actin and its associated proteins. Some examples from the protists (in French)]. Parasite 5: 107-117

Gupta, S., Ghosh, P., Naik, S. & Naik, S.R. (1998) Proteinase activity & virulence of Entamoeba histolytica on passage through hamster liver. Indian J. Med. Res. 107: 173-177.

Guryuva, S.S., Aktas, M. & Aydin, G. (1998) [Distribution of intestinal parasites in 4086 patients seen by the Parasitology Laboratory of the Refik Saydam Hygiene Centre in 1994-1995 in Ankara (in Turkish)]. Acta Parasitol. Turcica 22: 151-155.

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Haq, R.U., Qazi, J.I. & Shakoori, A.R. (1998) Growth and survival of protozoa isolated from a tannery effluent. Folia Microbiol. 43: 109-112.

Haque, R., Ali, I.K.M., Akther, S. & Petri, W.A., Jr. (1998) Comparison of PCR, isoenzyme analysis, and antigen detection for diagnosis of Entamoeba histolytica infection. J. Clin. Microbiol. 36: 449-452.

Haque, R., Ali, I.K.M., Clark, C.G. & Petri, W.A., Jr. (1998) A case report of Entamoeba moshkovskii infection in a Bangladeshi child. Parasitol. Int. 47: 201-202.

Hohenschild, S. (1998) [Recommendations for the treatment of amebiasis (in German)]. Klinische Pädiatrie 210: 144-145.

Huston, C.D. & Petri, W.A., Jr. (1998) Host-pathogen interaction in amebiasis and progress in vaccine development. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 17: 601-614.

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Jackson, T.F.H.G. (1998) Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar are distinct species; clinical, epidemiological and serological evidence. Int. J. Parasitol. 28: 181-186.

Jacobs, T., Bruchhaus, I., Dandekar, T., Tannich, E. & Leippe, M. (1998) Isolation and molecular characterization of a surface-bound proteinase of Entamoeba histolytica. Mol. Microbiol. 27: 269-276.

Jaremin, B. (1998) [Criteria and problems of the diagnosis of malaria, amoebiasis and leishmaniasis as occupational diseases in Polish citizens (in Polish)]. Przeglad Epidemiologiczny 52: 321-328.

Johansen, J. & Sindet Pedersen, S. (1998) Entamoeba infected orbital cysts as a late complication to orbital floor fractures. Acta Opthalm. Scand. 76: 123-124.

Julvez, J., Bade, M.A., Lamotte, M., Campagne, G., Garba, A., Gragnic, G., Bui, A., Kehren, S., Cluzel, F. & Chippaux, J.P. (1998) Urban environment and intestinal parasitoses in the Sahel. A study in a Niamey District, Niger. Bull. Soc. Pathol. Exot. 91: 424-427.

Kam, K.L., Sanou, I., Koueta, F., Sawadogo, S. & Zeba, B. (1998) [Liver abscess in the paediatric department of CHN-YO, Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) (in French)]. Medecine d'Afrique Noire 45: 635-639.

Kang, G., Mathew, M.S., Rajan, D.P., Daniel, J.D., Mathan, M.M., Mathan, V.I. & Muliyil, J.P. (1998) Prevalence of intestinal parasites in rural Southern Indians. Trop. Med. Int. Hlth. 3: 70-75.

Karki, B.M.S. & Parija, S.C. (1998) Intestinal parasitic infections in Dharan (Nepal): a hospital based study. J. Commun. Dis. 30: 295-296.

Karlin, S. & Brocchieri, L. (1998) Heat shock protein 70 family: multiple sequence comparisons, function, and evolution. J. Mol. Evol. 47: 565-577.

Khubnani, H., Sivarajan, K. & Khubnani, A.H. (1998) Application of lactophenol cotton blue for identification and preservation of intestinal parasites in faecal wet mounts. Indian J. Pathol. Microbiol. 41: 157-162.

Khurana, A.K., Saraya, A., Jain, N., Chandra, M. & Kulshreshta, R. (1998) Profile of lower gastrointestinal bleeding in children from a tropical country. Trop. Gastroenterol. 19: 70-71.

Kilic, H., Guven, K., Karagoz, S., Sahin, I. & Gursoy, S. (1998) Diagnostic value of indirect hemagglutination test in amebic liver abscess (Case Report). Acta Parasitol. Turcica 22: 378.

Kim, J.M., Jung, H.C., Im, K.-i., Song, I.S. & Kim, C.Y. (1998) Synergy between Entamoeba histolytica and Escherichia coli in the induction of cytokine gene expression in human colon epithelial cells. Parasitol. Res. 84: 509-512.

Kline, M.J., Miller, F.H., Hoff, F., Nemcek, A.A., Jr. & Abecassis, M.M. (1998) Case of the season. Amebic abscess (Entamoeba histolytica) of the liver. Semin. Roentgenol. 33: 98-100.

Kobayashi, S., Imai, E., Tachibana, H., Fujiwara, T. & Takeuchi, T. (1998) Entamoeba dispar: cultivation with sterilized Crithidia fasciculata. J. Euk. Microbiol. 45: 3S-8S.

Kumagai, M., Makioka, A., Ohtomo, H., Kobayashi, S. & Takeuchi, T. (1998) Entamoeba invadens: reversible effects of aphidicolin on the growth and encystation. Exp. Parasitol. 90: 294-297.

Kumagai, M., Makioka, A., Ohtomo, H., Kobayashi, S. & Takeuchi, T. (1998) Inhibition of encystment of Entamoeba invadens by aphidicolin. Tokai J. Exp. Clin. Med. 23: 313-317.

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Lauchart, W. (1998) [Cystic liver diseases (in German)]. Chirurg. Gastroenterol. 14: 231-236.

Lee, R.T., Lee, Y.C., Petri, W.A., Jr., Yi, D., Longo, P., Boger, E.T. & Schnaar, R.L. (1998) Substructural specificity and polyvalent carbohydrate recognition by the Entamoeba histolytica and rat hepatic N-acetylgalactosamine/galactose lectins. Glycobiology 8: 1037-1043.

Lucht, E., Evengard, B., Skott, J., Pehrson, P. & Nord, C.E. (1998) Entamoeba gingivalis in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected patients with periodontal disease. Clin. Infect. Dis. 27: 471-473.

Mabina, M.H., Moodley, J., Pitsoe, S.B. & Monokoane, S. (1998) Amoebic liver abscess in pregnancy: report of two cases. East Afr. Med. J. 75: 57-60.

MacLean, J.D. & Libman, M. (1998) Screening returning travelers. Infect. Dis. Clin. North Am. 12: 431-443.

Magambo, J.K., Zeyhle, E. & Wachira, T.M. (1998) Prevalence of intestinal parasites among children in southern Sudan. East Afr. Med. J. 75: 288-290.

Mai, Z. & Samuelson, J. (1998) A new gene family (ariel) encodes asparagine-rich Entamoeba histolytica antigens, which resemble the amebic vaccine candidate serine-rich E. histolytica protein. Infect. Immun. 66: 353-355.

Makioka, A., Ohtomo, H., Kobayashi, S. & Takeuchi, T. (1998) Effects of aphidicolin on Entamoeba histolytica growth and DNA synthesis. J. Parasitol. 84: 857-859.

Makioka, A., Ohtomo, H., Kobayashi, S. & Takeuchi, T. (1998) Effects of aphidicolin on Entamoeba histolytica growth and DNA synthesis. Tokai J. Exp. Clin. Med. 23: 417-422.

Mann, B.J. & Lockhart, L.A. (1998) Molecular analysis of the Gal/GalNAc adhesin of Entamoeba histolytica. J. Euk. Microbiol. 45: 13S-16S.

Martínez-Palomo, A. & Espinosa-Cantellano, M. (1998) Amoebiasis: new understanding and new goals. Parasitol. Today 14: 1-3.

Martínez-Palomo, A. & Espinosa Cantellano, M. (1998) Intestinal amoebae. In F. E. G. Cox, J. P. Kreier and D. Wakelin (Eds.), Topley & Wilson's Microbiology and Microbial Infections. New York: Arnold, pp. 157-177.

Matsuo, T., Shinzawa, H., Sugahara, K., Mitsuhashi, H., Watanabe, H., Abe, T., Ohno, S., Terashita, M., Saito, K., Saito, T., Misawa, H., Togashi, H. & Takahashi, T. (1998) Case report: a patient who developed an amoebic liver abscess during treatment with interferon. J. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. 13: 1068-1071.

Mbaye, P.S., Koffi, N., Camara, P., Burgel, P.R., Hovette, P. & Klotz, F. (1998) [Pleuropulmonary manifestations of amibiasis (in French)]. Rev. Pneumol. Clin. 54: 346-352.

McGonigle, S., Dalton, J.P. & James, E.R. (1998) Peroxidoxins: A new antioxidant family. Parasitol. Today 14: 139-145.

Mehlotra, R.K. (1998) Differentiation of pathogenic and non-pathogenic Entamoeba: has the question been answered? Indian J. Gastroenterol. 17: 58-60.

Mertens, E., Ladror, U.S., Lee, J.A., Miretsky, A., Morris, A., Rozario, C., Kemp, R.G. & Müller, M. (1998) The pyrophosphate-dependent phosphofructokinase of the protist, Trichomonas vaginalis, and the evolutionary relationships of protist phosphofructokinases. J. Mol. Evol. 47: 739-750.

Miranda, R.A., Xavier, F.B. & Menezes, R.C. (1998) [Intestinal parasitism in a Parakana indigenous community in southwestern Para State, Brazil (in Portugese)]. Cad. Saude Publica 14: 507-511.

Moazam, F. & Nazir, Z. (1998) Amebic liver abscess: Spare the knife but save the child. J. Pediatr. Surg. 33: 119-122.

Mohammed, K.A., Strak, S.K., Jawad, A.M., Al Sadoon, I.O. & Mahdi, N.K. (1998) Effectiveness of praziquantel in treatment of intestinal amoebiasis and giardiasis. East. Mediterr. Hlth. J. 4: 161-163.

Moody, S., Becker, S., Nuchamowitz, Y. & Mirelman, D. (1998) Identification of significant variation in the composition of lipophosphoglycan-like molecules of E. histolytica and E. dispar. J. Euk. Microbiol. 45: S9-S12.

Moshitch-Moshkovitch, S., Petter, R., Levitan, A., Stolarsky, T. & Mirelman, D. (1998) Regulation of expression of ribosomal protein L-21 genes of Entamoeba histolytica and E. dispar is at the post-transcriptional level. Mol. Microbiol. 27: 677-686.

Mukhopadhyay, C. & Lohia, A. (1998) Modeling of Entamoeba histolytica ferredoxin. J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn. 15: 663-672.

Munene, E., Otsyula, M., Mbaabu, D.A.N., Mutahi, W.T., Muriuki, S.M.K. & Muchemi, G.M. (1998) Helminth and protozoan gastrointestinal tract parasites in captive and wild-trapped African non-human primates. Vet. Parasitol. 78: 195-201.

Myjak, P., Kur, J., Pietkiewicz, H., Szostakowska, B., Kotlowski, A., Nahorski, W., Gajdis, I. & Miroslaw, B. (1998) Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar: PCR differentiation using amoeba DNA isolated directly from stool samples. Biotech Lab Internat. 3: 10-11.

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