Entamoeba histolytica and Amoebiasis — NEET Biology
📚 Practice ConceptEntamoeba histolytica is a protozoan parasite in the large intestine of human which causes amoebiasis (amoebic dysentery). Symptoms of this disease include constipation, abdominal pain and cramps, stools with excess mucous and blood clots. Houseflies act as mechanical carriers and serve to transmit the parasite from faeces of infected person to food
Q6. Assertion (A): Amoebiasis can lead to blood and mucus in stools. Reason (R): Entamoeba histolytica secretes enzymes that damage intestinal lining.
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Correct answer: A — Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation
The protozoan invades the mucosa causing symptoms of dysentery.
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