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Q.Which parasite causes amoebic dysentery?
(a) Escherichia coli
(b) Amoeba proteus
(c) Entamoeba histolytica
(d) Plasmodium vivax
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →Amoebic dysentery (amoebiasis) is caused by the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica, which infects the large intestine.
Entamoeba histolytica is a parasitic protozoan that infects the human large intestine, causing amoebiasis, commonly known as amoebic dysentery. It is transmitted through contaminated food and water (faeco-oral route, via housefly-carried cysts). Symptoms include abdominal pain, constipation, stools with excess mucus and blood clots.
The other options are not the causative agent of amoebic dysentery:
- Escherichia coli - normally a harmless gut commensal bacterium; certain pathogenic strains cause diarrhoea, but not amoebic dysentery specifically. …
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