Question

1. Which disease are you researching?

2. What type of organism causes this disease?

3. What are the symptoms of this disease? Can it be spread from person to person?

4. How long do the symptoms last? Can it be treated?

5. Where is this disease found in the world? Has there been a recent outbreak of this disease? If so, where?

6. Describe the most effective water treatment to kill the disease.

Answer 1

1. Disease under research was Amoebic dysentery
2. Entamoeba histolytica
3. Diarrhoea having blood mucus or pus, fever, fatigue, pain when passage of stools, headache, stomach cramps, confusion, loss of balance, nausea and vomiting. It can be spread from person to person through contaminated water or food.
4. Amoebic dysentery last for around 14 days. It can be treated by Ant parasitic medications like metronidazole etc.
5. Disease is found all over the world but it is endemic in most temperate and tropical climates zones. The recent outbreak was at Spain in January 2017.
6. Drinking water is subjected to treatment which provide safe potable water so that the water is free from pathogens.