TY - JOUR AU - Stark, Damien AU - van Hal, Sebastian J. AU - Matthews, Gail AU - Harkness, John AU - Marriott, Deborah T1 - Invasive Amebiasis in Men Who Have Sex with Men, Australia T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2008 VL - 14 IS - 7 SP - 1141 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Entamoeba histolytica is a pathogenic ameba that has recently been recognized as an emerging pathogen in men who have sex with men (MSM) in Asia-Pacific countries where it is not endemic, i.e., Japan, Taiwan, and Republic of Korea. We report locally acquired invasive amebiasis in Sydney, Australia, exclusively in MSM. KW - Entamoeba histolytica KW - amebiasis KW - men who have sex with men KW - dispatch KW - Australia DO - 10.3201/eid1407.080017 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/7/08-0017_article ER - End of Reference