Mass infection with Entamoeba histolytica in a Japanese institution for individuals with mental retardation: Epidemiology and control measures

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Entamoebiasis 100%
• Entamoeba histolytica 80%
• Intellectual Disability 57%
• Epidemiology 48%
• Disease Outbreaks 23%
• Cysts 22%
• Mentally Disabled Persons 21%
• diloxanide furoate 16%
• Amoebic Dysentery 13%
• Entamoeba 12%
• Toilet Facilities 12%
• Clothing 10%
• Sterilization 9%
• Metronidazole 9%
• Serology 9%
• Nails 9%
• Infection Control 8%
• Surgical Instruments 8%
• Japan 7%
• Hand 6%
• Antigens 5%
• Polymerase Chain Reaction 5%
• Antibodies 4%
• Serum 3%
• Therapeutics 1%

Agriculture & Biology

• Entamoeba histolytica 78%
• epidemiology 57%
• control methods 55%
• infection 32%
• Entamoeba 7%
• colitis 7%
• fecal examination 7%
• metronidazole 7%
• serology 6%
• clothing 5%
• disease control 4%
• hands 4%
• blood serum 4%
• Japan 4%
• antigens 4%
• antibodies 3%
• sampling 1%

Social Sciences

• epidemiology 63%
• resident 12%
• staff 7%
• clothing 6%
• Japan 4%
• examination 3%
• evidence 2%