Fyodor Alexandrovich Lesh, alternatively spelled as Lösch (russian: Фёдор Александрович Леш) (1840–1903), was a Russian Empire medical doctor. He is credited with identifying ''Amoeba coli'' in 1875. This species was later classified in the genus

Entamoeba ''Entamoeba'' is a genus of Amoebozoa found as internal parasites or commensals of animals. In 1875, Fedor Lösch described the first proven case of amoebic dysentery in St. Petersburg, Russia. He referred to the amoeba he observed microscop ...

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1840 births 1903 deaths Physicians from the Russian Empire {{Russia-med-bio-stub