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{{cquote|While the overall prevalence of [[amebiasis]] is approximately 4% in the [[United States]], certain high-risk groups have a much higher incidence of infection and [[disease]]. Prevalence of [[Entamoeba Histolytica|E. historylitica]] or [[Entamoeba Dispar|E. dispar]] in the gay population of [[New York City]] and [[San Francisco]] approached 40-50% . Some Japanese literature also showed homosexual contact was an important risk factor for amebic infection.<ref>[http://www.journalarchive.jst.go.jp/jnlpdf.php?cdjournal=internalmedicine1992&cdvol=40&noissue=7&startpage=563&lang=en&from=jnlabstract Amano K, Takeuchi T., ''Amebiasis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome''. Intern Med. 2001 Jul;40(7):563-4]</ref>}}

{{cquote|While the overall prevalence of [[amebiasis]] is approximately 4% in the [[United States]], certain high-risk groups have a much higher incidence of infection and [[disease]]. Prevalence of [[Entamoeba Histolytica|E. historylitica]] or [[Entamoeba Dispar|E. dispar]] in the gay population of [[New York City]] and [[San Francisco]] approached 40-50% . Some Japanese literature also showed homosexual contact was an important risk factor for amebic infection.<ref>[http://www.journalarchive.jst.go.jp/jnlpdf.php?cdjournal=internalmedicine1992&cdvol=40&noissue=7&startpage=563&lang=en&from=jnlabstract Amano K, Takeuchi T., ''Amebiasis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome''. Intern Med. 2001 Jul;40(7):563-4]</ref>}}

In 1990 SD Wexner wrote in an article entitled ''Sexually transmitted diseases of the colon, rectum, and anus. The challenge of the nineties'' published in ''Diseases of the Colon and Rectum'' and the abstract for that article states: "....a host of parasites, bacterial, viral, and protozoan are all rampant in the [[Homosexuality|homosexual]] population."<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=2242700&ordinalpos=4&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum</ref>

In 1990 SD Wexner wrote in an article entitled ''Sexually transmitted diseases of the colon, rectum, and anus. The challenge of the nineties'' published in ''Diseases of the Colon and Rectum'' and the abstract for that article states: "....a host of parasites, bacterial, viral, and protozoan are all rampant in the [[Homosexuality|homosexual]] population."<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=2242700&ordinalpos=4&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum</ref>

[[File:Entamoeba histolytica trophozoite.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|A variety of colorectal disorders have been recognized among male homosexuals.  

[[File:Entamoeba histolytica trophozoite.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|A variety of colorectal disorders have been recognized among male homosexuals.  

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A 1980 article in the ''[[Canadian Medical Association Journal]]'' that discusses the subject of homosexuality and parasites stated the following in its abstract: "In a controlled study 67.5% of 200 homosexual men but only sixteen percent of 100 heterosexual men were found to be infected with [[intestine|intestinal]] [[parasite]]s"...These findings suggest that the male homosexual community may be an important reservoir of potentially [[pathogen]]ic protozoa."<ref>http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1704818</ref>

A 1980 article in the ''[[Canadian Medical Association Journal]]'' that discusses the subject of homosexuality and parasites stated the following in its abstract: "In a controlled study 67.5% of 200 homosexual men but only sixteen percent of 100 heterosexual men were found to be infected with [[intestine|intestinal]] [[parasite]]s"...These findings suggest that the male homosexual community may be an important reservoir of potentially [[pathogen]]ic protozoa."<ref>http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1704818</ref>

In addition, [[amebiasis‎]] is a condition associated with [[gay bowel syndrome]].<ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=PubMed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=946385&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus</ref>

In addition, [[amebiasis‎]] is a condition associated with [[gay bowel syndrome]].<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=PubMed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=946385&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus</ref>

==See also==

==See also==

*[http://www.e-mjm.org/1985/v40n4/gay-men-bowel-syndrome.pdf Gay men...Bowel syndrome: A report on parasitic infection in homosexual patients]

*[http://www.e-mjm.org/1985/v40n4/gay-men-bowel-syndrome.pdf Gay men...Bowel syndrome: A report on parasitic infection in homosexual patients]

*Pakianathan MR, McMillan A. [http://std.sagepub.com/content/10/12/780.long Intestinal protozoa in homosexual men in Edinburgh]. Int J STD AIDS. 1999;10(12):780-4.

*Pakianathan MR, McMillan A. [http://std.sagepub.com/content/10/12/780.long Intestinal protozoa in homosexual men in Edinburgh]. Int J STD AIDS. 1999;10(12):780-4.

*Esfandiari A, Swartz J, Teklehaimanot S. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9449541 Clustering of giardiasis among AIDS patients in Los Angeles County]. Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand). 1997;43(7):1077-83.

*Esfandiari A, Swartz J, Teklehaimanot S. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9449541 Clustering of giardiasis among AIDS patients in Los Angeles County]. Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand). 1997;43(7):1077-83.

==References==

==References==