Amoebas That Can "Blow Your Mind"

Authors

Eugene C. Bovee, University of KansasFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Until the mid-1950's it was assumed by biologists and physicians that the only amoeba that endangered human comfort is the one that infects the digestive tract, causing amoebic dysentery in the susceptible and unwary tourist exposed to its more virulent varieties. Although that one, known to biologists as Entamoeba histolytica, sometimes escapes to the other parts of the body to cause sores and disturbances, it rarely causes death of its host, being a generally "well-behaved" parasite.

Publication Date

September 1976

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Volume

13

Issue

2

First Page

3

Last Page

8

Copyright

© Copyright 1976 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Bovee, Eugene C. (1976) "Amoebas That Can "Blow Your Mind"," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 13: No. 2, Article 3.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol13/iss2/3