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Entamœba muris : a Complicating Factor in the Experimental Infection of Rats with E. histolytica

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THE introduction of the young rat as an experimental host for Entamœba histolytica in the investigation of amœbicidal substances1,2 has made the study of natural amœbic infections of rodents of great importance. Adequate descriptions of these do not exist. Fulton and Joyner3 have recently directed attention to this problem, but their descriptions are incomplete.

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NEAL, R. Entamœba muris : a Complicating Factor in the Experimental Infection of Rats with E. histolytica. Nature 163, 99–100 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163099a0

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