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Question
Answer the following question.
Name a human disease, its causal organism, symptoms (any three) and vector, spread by intake of water and food contaminated by human faecal matter.
Solution
Amoebic dysentery [Amoebiasis]:
- Causal Organism:
Entamoeba histolytica, protozoa. - Symptoms :
(a) Abdominal pain
(b) Constipation
(c) Cramps. - Vector: Housefly.
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