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प्रश्न
Compare and contrast bacillary dysentery and amoebic dysentery.
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उत्तर
Amebic dysentery (amebiasis) is caused by an ameba called Entamoeba histolytica.
Bacillary dysentery is a type of dysentery and a severe form of shigellosis caused by S. sonnei.
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