Journal of the American Medical Association · 1932 · 20 citations · 4 references
Veterinary MedicineInfectious DiseasesMicrobiologyMedical MicrobiologyParasite EpidemiologyParasitologyMedical ParasitologyParasitic DiseasesParasitic InfectionsParasitic ZoonosesAmebiasis PathologyEndoparasitic DiseasesParasitic Infestations
The problem of amebiasis as it relates to the health of the people of the United States is a problem that is of increasing importance and one that is not, as yet, thoroughly understood by the majority of the medical profession. Twenty-one years ago (1911), Sistrunk 1 reported an analysis of 145 patients observed at the Mayo Clinic, of whom 25 were infected with Endamoeba histolytica, and called attention to the fact that 12 of these patients had never resided elsewhere than in the Northwestern states. His paper was followed by those of Giffin, 2 in 1913, and of Sanford, 3 in 1916, calling attention to the prevalence of infection with this parasite in people residing in the northern portion of the United States. These papers failed to awaken the interest in the subject which they deserved and it has not been until the last decade that the medical profession
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