Entamoeba polecki
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Entamoeba polecki |
Entamoeba polecki is a single-celled parasite that is in intestines, mainly pigs and monkeys.[1] Other animals that it can be found in are cattle, goats, sheep, dogs, and humans.[2] The way humans get infected is by swallowing the parasite.[3] The parasite is sometimes confused with Entamoeba histolytica.[4] The parasite was discovered in 1912 in Czechoslovakia by Von Prowazek.[5]