Human Health And Disease Question 32
Question: Amoebiasis is caused by:
Options:
A) Plasmodium vivax
B) Entamoeba gingivalis
C) Trypanosoma gambiense
D) Entamoeba histolytica
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Answer:
Correct Answer: D
Solution:
Entamoeba histolytica causes amoebic dysentery when contaminated food is consumed.
Plasmodium vivax is a vector for malaria and not a causative agent.
Entamoeba gingivalis causes pyorrhoea.
Trypanosoma gambiense causes sleeping sickness.
Thus, the correct answer is (D).