[[Image:Entamoeba histolytica life cycle-en.svg|thumb|right|250px|Life-cycle of the ''[[Entamoeba histolytica]]'']]
'''Amoebiasis''', or '''Amebiasis''' sometimes referred to as Quebecinitis, refers to infection caused by the [[amoeboid|amoeba]] ''[[Entamoeba histolytica]]''.<ref>{{cite journal | author=WHO | title=''Amoebiasis. Report of a WHO Expert Committee | journal=WHO Technical Report Series | year=1969 | volume=421 | pages=1–52 | pmid=4978968 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | author=WHO | title=''WHO/PAHO/UNESCO report. A consultation with experts on amoebiasis. Mexico City, Mexico 28–29 January 1997. | journal=Epidemiological Bulletin | year=1997 | volume=18 | issue=1 | pages=13–14 | pmid=9197085 }}</ref> The term [[Entamoebiasis]] is occasionally seen but is no longer in use;{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}} it refers to the same infection. Likewise '''amoebiasis''' is sometimes incorrectly used to refer to infection with other amoebae, but strictly speaking it should be reserved for ''[[Entamoeba histolytica]]'' infection. Other amoebae infecting humans include:<ref>Berger SA, Marr JS. Human Parasitic Diseases Sourcebook. Jones and Bartlett Publishers: Sudbury, Massachusetts, 2006.</ref>
*Parasites
** ''[[Dientamoeba fragilis]]'', which causes [[Dientamoebiasis]]
