Describe Amoebiasis in terms of: Etiology Species affected Transmission and pathogenesis Clinical signs. Diagnosis Treatment and control

      

Describe Amoebiasis in terms of:
Etiology
Species affected
Transmission and pathogenesis
Clinical signs.
Diagnosis
Treatment and control

  

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Kavungya
etiology,
Entamoeba histolytica

Species affected
people and nonhuman primates, sometimes seen in dogs and cats, and rare in other mammals

Transmission and pathogenesis
Mammals become infected by ingesting food or water contaminated with feces containing infective cysts

Clinical signs
characterized by persistent diarrhea or dysentery. In acute disease, fulminating dysentery may develop, which may be fatal, progress to chronicity, or resolve spontaneously. Chronic cases may show weight loss, anorexia, tenesmus, and chronic diarrhea or dysentery, which may be continuous or intermittent

Diagnosis
Clinical signs and laboratory tests

Treatment and control
Metronidazole
Kavungya answered the question on May 6, 2019 at 13:08


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