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A person had consumed street food made with contaminated water and is now suffering through dysentery. Identify the parasitic protozoan that might be responsible for it.
A person had consumed street food made with contaminated water and is now suffering through dysentery. Identify the parasitic protozoan that might be responsible for it.
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The correct option is D Entamoeba histolytica
Entamoeba histolytica is a type of pathogenic amoeba belonging to phylum protozoa which causes dysentery by invading the mucosal and submucosal layers of the intestines. Infection happens by ingestion of mature cysts by consumption of contaminated food and water.The cysts transform into trophozoite form in the small intestine and migrate to the large intestine. Here they multiply and then eventually enter the bloodstream and thus other organs through blood.
Entamoeba histolytica is a type of pathogenic amoeba belonging to phylum protozoa which causes dysentery by invading the mucosal and submucosal layers of the intestines. Infection happens by ingestion of mature cysts by consumption of contaminated food and water.The cysts transform into trophozoite form in the small intestine and migrate to the large intestine. Here they multiply and then eventually enter the bloodstream and thus other organs through blood.
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