The pathogenic nature of E. histolytica was first reported by Lösch in 1875, but it was not given its Latin name until Fritz Schaudinn described it in 1903.
Informouse por primeira vez da natureza patoxénica de E. histolytica en 1875 por Lösch, pero non se lle deu o seu nome científico ata que a describiu Fritz Schaudinn en 1903.