阿米巴(Amoebae)分为寄生生活和自生生活两大类,前者为厌氧性,后者为需氧性。平时我们所说的阿米巴病(Amoebisis),系指由溶组织内阿米巴(Entamoebahistolytica)所引起的一种疾病。此种阿米巴属于寄生生活(即厌氧性)的,主要侵染肠道,亦能潜入其它器官发生迁移性病变。它的感染主要是通过吞食该阿米巴包囊而引起的。自生生活阿米巴(即需氧性)种类很多,但能引起人和动物致命性脑膜脑炎的主要 Amoebae is divided into two major categories of parasitic and spontaneous life, the former is anaerobic, the latter aerobic. What we usually refer to as Amoebisis is a disease caused by Entamoeba histolytica. This kind of amoeba belongs to the parasitic life (ie, anaerobic), the main invasion of the intestine, but also can dive into migratory lesions in other organs. Its infection is mainly caused by engulfing the amoeba cyst. Many species of spontaneous living amoeba (ie, aerobic), but can cause the main human and animal meningoencephalitis