Tag: amebiasis
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Intestinal protozoan infections (parasitic diarrhea)
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The main protozoan intestinal amebiasis are (Entamoeba histolytica), giardiasis (Giardia lamblia), Cryptosporidiosis(Cryptosporidium sp) cyclosporosis (Cyclospora cayetanensis) and isosporiasis (Isospora belli). Intestinal protozoa are transmitted by faecal-oral route (dirty hands, ingestion of water or food contaminated with feces) and individual case managers and diarrhea epidemic. Clinical signs: – Amoebiasis is bloody diarrhea. – The clinical giardiasis,…
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Amoebiasis
Amoebiasis is a parasitic infection caused by intestinal protozoan Entamoeba histolytica. The transmission is fecal-oral (hands, water and food contaminated with feces containing amoebic cysts). Usually, ingested cysts release in the intestine of non-pathogenic amoebae and 90% of carriers are asymptomatic. In a small number of people infected, pathogenic amoebae penetrate the mucous colon: the…
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