Entamoeba histolytica is

Monogenetic

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Digenetic

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Free-living

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is B Monogenetic
Entamoeba resides in the mucous and sub-mucous layer of the large intestine especially at the iliocaecal junction and cause dysentery, diarrhoea, hepatitis and liver abscess in man. Entamoeba histolytica is a monogenetic parasite as its entire life history is completed in a single host.
So, the correct answer is 'Monogenetic'

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