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(a) Name the Protozoan parasite that cau...

(a) Name the Protozoan parasite that causes amoebic dysentery in humans.
(b) Mention two diagnostic symptoms of the disease.
(c) How is this disease transmitted to others?

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(a) Entamoeba histolytica.
(b) Symptoms of this disease include constipation, abdominal pain, cramps, stools with excessive mucous and blood clots.
(c) Houseflies act as mechanical carriers and serve to transmit the parasite from faeces of infected person to food and thus contaminating them.
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