Symptomatic Entamoeba dispar Infections Among Men Who Have Sex With Men, New York City, 2018

Kimberly Mergen; Lisa Alleyne; Robert Fitzhenry; Rajmohan Sunkara; Bruce Gutelius; Ashley Alderman; Michelle C Dickinson; Emily McGibbon; Corinne N Thompson; Susan Madison-Antenucci

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofae658

Symptomatic Entamoeba dispar Infections Among Men Who Have Sex With Men, New York City, 2018

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Nov 7;11(12):ofae658. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofae658. eCollection 2024 Dec.

Affiliations

¹ Parasitology Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA.
² Bureau of Communicable Disease, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York, USA.
³ Bacteriology Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA.

Abstract

Entamoeba histolytica is considered the primary species causing the parasitic gastrointestinal infection amebiasis. A cluster of amebiasis infections was identified in 2018 among men who have sex with men in New York City and was likely caused by Entamoeba dispar, traditionally considered to be nonpathogenic.

Keywords: Entamoeba dispar; Entamoeba histolytica; amebiasis; men who have sex with men.