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Option 4 : Bacterial
- Bacterial type of pathogen causes the water-borne disease dysentery.
- It is an inflammatory disease of the intestine mostly in the colon which prompts diarrhoea and abdominal pains.
- It is caused by various types of infectious pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, and parasites.
- Its most common symptoms are fever and dysentery.
Confusion Points
- The cause of dysentery is usually the bacteria from genus Shigella, in which case it is known as shigellosis, or the amoeba Entamoeba histolytica; then it is called amoebiasis.
- Hence the correct answer is bacteria.
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