answersLogoWhite

0

How is dysentery caused?

Updated: 8/19/2023
User Avatar

Wiki User

7y ago

Best Answer

Dysentery is a bowel infection caused by a pathogen. Bacterial, viral or protist.

User Avatar

Wiki User

7y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: How is dysentery caused?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What insect causes dysentery?

Amoebic dysentery caused by amoeba and bacillary disentery caused by Bacteria `shigella'


What caused dysentery in the 1800?

Dysentery is caused by bacteria in bad drinking water.


What type of microbes cause amoebic dysentery and malaria?

They are caused by protozoa. Amoebic dysentery is caused by Entamoeba hystolytica. Malaria is caused by one of the four Plasmodium species.


What caused pioneers to get dysentery?

Pioneers got dysentery from dirty water and food. When they digested the bacteria, they got very sick and got dysentery.


Can be caused by amebas drinking water?

amebic dysentery


What are the similarities and differences of cholera and dysentery?

Cholera and dysentery are both gastrointestinal diseases caused by bacterial infections. The main similarity is that they both lead to severe diarrhea and dehydration. However, cholera is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, while dysentery is caused by various bacteria, parasites, or viruses. Additionally, dysentery typically involves blood or mucus in the stool, while cholera does not.


What is painful inflamed intestines caused by bacterial infection?

Dysentery


Is amoebic dysentery a fungus?

Amoebic dysentery (as the name suggests) is caused by a micro-organism, called an amoeba, which is found in contaminated and stagnant water.


What Bacterial infection is caused by an unusual strain of E. coli?

Dysentery


What is caused by one celled parasite entamoeba histolytica?

Amebic Dysentery


What is Painful inflamed intestines often caused by bacterial infection?

Dysentery


Diarrhea caused by drinking water?

sounds like dysentery.