Amoebic dysentery is due to ............... infection

Entamoeba histolystica

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Entamoeba gingivalis

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Entamoeba hartmanni

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Both A and C

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Solution

The correct option is A Entamoeba histolystica
Entamoeba histolytica is an endoparasile lives in the large intestine of man. It lives in tissues of caecum and colon of large intestine. The pathogenic form cause amoebiasis and hepatic amoebiasis. Thus, the correct answer is option A.

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