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entamoeba histolyica is an emoeba responsible for gastrointestinal disease amebic dystery. Speculate on why the active form of the pathogen causes few cases of disease

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Entamoeba histolytica sometimes spread throughout the body via the bloodstream and cause abscesses in the liver and less frequently in other organs.

Step-by-step explanation:

Entamoeba histolytica is a parasitic amoeba that usually feeds on the human colon cells and causes amebic dysentery and colonic ulceration. The infection caused by this strain is known as amebiasis. Fecal-oral routes spread this parasite.

The active form of this pathogen causes various cases of disease because it damages the colon, liver, and red-blood cells by the lysis of epithelial cells by secreting pore-forming proteins in the cell membrane.

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