DO_infectious_disease_slim DO_rare_slim NCIthesaurus has material basis in has symptom parasitic protozoa infectious disease amebiasis ICD10CM:A06 SNOMEDCT_US_2025_09_01:387754006 GARD:652 MESH:D000562 UMLS_CUI:C0002438 MESH:D000562 disease_ontology NCI:C84551 A parasitic protozoa infectious disease that involves infection caused by the amoeba Entamoeba histolytica. Amebic invasion of the intestinal lining causes dysentery, colitis or diarrhea. The infection can also spread through the blood to the liver and, rarely, to the lungs, brain or other organs. DOID:9181 DOID:11904 DOID:11901 ICD9CM:006 amoebiasis chronic intestinal amebiasis entamoebiasis Entamoeba histolytica diarrhea