Q.________ is a protozoan parasite which causes amoebiasis.
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Amoebiasis (amoebic dysentery) is a common gastro-intestinal infection caused by the protist Entamoeba histolytica, affecting an estimated 15% of India's population. It causes diarrhoea, flatulence, mucus-streaked stool, abdominal cramps and, in severe cases, blood in the stool; invasion of the liver can cause hepatomegaly and an amoebic liver abscess. It spreads by the faeco-oral route — dirty hands, contaminated food/water. Diagnosed by stool microscop …
Amoebiasis (amoebic dysentery) is a protozoan infection of the large intestine that spreads via contaminated foo …
Amoebiasis is caused by the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica, transmitted through contaminated food and water.
Entamoeba histolytica is a protozoan parasite that infects the large intestine, causing amoebiasis (amoebic dysentery), characterised by symptoms like constipation, abdominal pain/cramps and stools with excess mucus and blood clots. It spreads …
- CBSE 2026Set ANNUAL1 markMCQQ.Which one is the pathogen of amoebic dysentery ?(a) Wuchereria(b) Plasmodium(c) Ascaris(d) Entamoeba histolytica
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Amoebic dysentery (amoebiasis) is caused by the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica.
Entamoeba histolytica is a protozoan pathogen transmitted through contaminated food and water. It infects the large intestine, causing amoebic dysentery, characterised by abdominal pain and stools containing mucus and blood clots. Wuchereria causes filariasis, Plasmodiu …
- CBSE 2024Set ZOOLOGY1 markQ.Fill in the blank: The causative agent of amoebiasis is ______.
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Amoebiasis (amoebic dysentery) is caused by the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica.
Entamoeba histolytica is a protozoan that infects the large intestine of humans, causing amoebiasis, characterised by constipation, abdominal pain and cramps, and stools with excess mucus and blood clots. It spreads mainly throu …
- CBSE 2024Set ANNUAL1 markQ.________ is a protozoan parasite which causes amoebiasis.
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Amoebiasis is caused by the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica, transmitted through contaminated food and water.
Entamoeba histolytica is a protozoan parasite that infects the large intestine, causing amoebiasis (amoebic dysentery), characterised by symptoms like constipation, abdominal pain/cramps and stools with excess mucus and blood clots. It spreads …
- CBSE 2023Set A1 markQ.Match the columns. Column A item: Entamoeba. Choose the matching term from Column B:(a) First antibiotic(b) Recessive gene blood disease(c) Zoological parks(d) Absence of 1 X-chromosome(e) Separation of DNA fragments(f) Amoebiasis(g) Attached DNA fragments(h) Adaptation
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Entamoeba histolytica is the parasite responsible for the disease amoebiasis.
Entamoeba histolytica is a protozoan parasite that infects the large intestine, causing amoebiasis (amoebic dysentery), characterised by symptoms like constipation, abdominal pain/cramps, and stools with excess mucus and blood clots. It spre …
- CBSE 2023Set ZOOLOGY1 markMCQQ.Which parasite causes amoebic dysentery?(a) Escherichia coli(b) Amoeba proteus(c) Entamoeba histolytica(d) Plasmodium vivax
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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. …
- CBSE 2023Set ANNUAL1 markMCQQ.Amoebic dysentery is a disease caused by(a) Plasmodium vivax(b) Entamoeba histolytica(c) Ascaris lumbricoides(d) Wuchereria bancrofti
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Entamoeba histolytica, a parasitic protozoan, is the causative agent of amoebic dysentery, an intestinal disease.
Entamoeba histolytica is a protozoan parasite that infects the human large intestine, causing amoebic dysentery, characterised by abdominal pain and mucus/blood-containing stools; it spreads through contaminated food and water. Plasmodium vivax causes malaria, Ascaris lumbricoides is a ro …
- CBSE 2022Set HE2201 markQ.Match the following (Column I with Column II): Entamoeba histolytica — choose the matching term from:(a) Obelia(b) Hydra(c) Transgenic(d) Gender linked disease(e) Amoebiasis(f) Antimicrobial substance(g) Male sterilization(h) Genetic disorder.
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Entamoeba histolytica is the protozoan parasite that causes amoebiasis (amoebic dysentery) in humans.
Entamoeba histolytica is a parasitic protozoan that infects the human large intestine, spread through contaminated food and water (with houseflies acting as mechanical carriers of the cysts). It causes amoebiasis, characterised by s …
- CBSE 2018Set ANNUAL1 markQ.Name the disease caused by the Protozoan 'Entamoeba histolytica'.
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Entamoeba histolytica, a protozoan parasite, causes amoebiasis (amoebic dysentery), an intestinal disease commonly spread through contaminated food and water.
Entamoeba histolytica is a protozoan parasite that infects the large intestine of humans, causing the disease amoebiasis, also called amoebic dysentery. It spreads mainly through contaminated food and water (a faecal-oral route), and through houseflies acting as mechanical carriers of the cysts from faeces to food. Symptoms include constipation, abdominal pain and …
- CBSE 2017Set ANNUAL1 markMCQQ.Which one is the pathogen of amoebic dysentery?(a) Wuchereria(b) Plasmodium(c) Ascaris(d) Entamoeba histolytica
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Amoebic dysentery is caused by the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica.
Entamoeba histolytica is a parasitic protozoan that infects the large intestine of humans, causing amoebiasis (amoebic dysentery) — characterised by constipation, abdominal pain/cramps, and stools with excess mucus and blood clots. It spreads mainly through contaminated food and water (faecal-oral route).
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