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[[Image:Ehistolytica05.jpg|thumb|right|160px|High rates of intestinal [[parasite|parasitism]] are found in men who have sex with men throughout the world.]]
[[Image:Ehistolytica05.jpg|thumb|right|160px|High rates of intestinal [[parasite|parasitism]] are found in men who have sex with men throughout the world.]]
In respect to '''homosexuality and parasites''', anal sex can be an important risk factor for intestinal parasitism.<ref>http://www.springerlink.com/content/jx13231641717w48/</ref>
In respect to '''homosexuality and parasites''', anal sex can be an important risk factor for intestinal parasitism.<ref>http://www.springerlink.com/content/jx13231641717w48/</ref>
In 2006, the The Medical Journal of Australia reported the following:
{{cquote|High rates of intestinal parasitism are found in MSM [men who have sex with men] throughout the world.
[[Amebiasis|Amoebiasis]] has become endemic in MSM in Japan and causes significant morbidity and mortality; complications such as colitis and liver abscesses occur more frequently in homosexual and bisexual men than in heterosexual men. Similar findings on amoebiasis are reported from Taiwan, with MSM at increased risk for invasive amoebiasis and intestinal colonisation with [[Entamoeba Histolytica|E. histolytica]].<ref>[''Letter to the editor - Locally acquired infection with Entamoeba histolytica in men who have sex with men in Australia'', Damien J Stark, Rashmi Fotedar, John T Ellis and John L Harkness, MJA 2006; 185 (8): 417]</ref>}}
In 1990 SD Wexner wrote in a 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 a 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>