Explain the disease Amoebiasis or Amoebic Dysentery.

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(N/A) Amoebiasis or Amoebic Dysentery is caused by the protozoan parasite $Entamoeba \ histolytica$ found in the large intestine of humans.
Symptoms of this disease include constipation,abdominal pain and cramps,stools with excess mucus,and blood clots.
Houseflies act as mechanical carriers,which transmit the parasite from infected feces to food and food products,thereby contaminating them.
Drinking water and food contaminated by fecal matter are the main sources of infection and spread of this disease.

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