Fyodor Lesh

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Fyodor Alexandrovich Lesh, alternatively spelled as Lösch (Russian: Фёдор Александрович Леш; 1840–1903), was a Russian medical doctor.^[1]

He is credited with identifying Amoeba coli in 1875. This species was later classified in the genus Entamoeba.^[2]

References

^ Lesh FA (May 1975). "Massive development of amebas in the large intestine. Fedor Aleksandrovich Lesh (Lösch)". Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 24 (3): 383–92. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.1975.24.383. PMID 1098489.
^ Fotedar R, Stark D, Beebe N, Marriott D, Ellis J, Harkness J (July 2007). "Laboratory diagnostic techniques for Entamoeba species". Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 20 (3): 511–32, table of contents. doi:10.1128/CMR.00004-07. PMC 1932757. PMID 17630338.

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[pmid1098489-1] Lesh FA (May 1975). "Massive development of amebas in the large intestine. Fedor Aleksandrovich Lesh (Lösch)". Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 24 (3): 383–92. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.1975.24.383. PMID 1098489.

[pmid17630338-2] Fotedar R, Stark D, Beebe N, Marriott D, Ellis J, Harkness J (July 2007). "Laboratory diagnostic techniques for Entamoeba species". Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 20 (3): 511–32, table of contents. doi:10.1128/CMR.00004-07. PMC 1932757. PMID 17630338.

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