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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Dysentery is bloody [[diarrhoea]], i.e. any diarrhoeal episode in which the loose or watery stools contain visible [[ | Dysentery is bloody [[diarrhoea]], i.e. any diarrhoeal episode in which the loose or watery stools contain visible red [[blood]]. Dysentery is most often caused by Shigella species (bacillary dysentery) or Entamoeba histolytica (amoebic dysentery). | ||
==Epidemiology and Demographics== | |||
Insufficient data exists, but conservative estimates from the WHO suggest that 90 million cases of ''Shigellosis'' are contracted annually, with at least 100,000 of these resulting in death.<ref name="DD WHO">{{cite web|last=World Health Organization|title=Diarrhoeal Diseases|url=http://www.who.int/vaccine_research/diseases/diarrhoeal/en/index6.html|accessdate=2 May 2012}}</ref> ''Amebiasis'' is infecting over 50 million people each year, killing about 50,000.<ref>{{Cite book | |||
| first = Joseph Patrick | |||
| last = Byrne | |||
| title = Encyclopedia of Pestilence, Pandemics, and Plagues: A-M | |||
| url = http://books.google.com/books?id=5Pvi-ksuKFIC&pg=PA175&dq#v=onepage&q=&f=false | |||
| publisher = ABC-CLIO | |||
| year = 2008 | |||
| pages = 175–176 | |||
| isbn = 0-313-34102-8}} | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Water-borne diseases]] | [[Category:Water-borne diseases]] | ||
[[Category:Conditions diagnosed by stool test]] | [[Category:Conditions diagnosed by stool test]] | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Dysentery is bloody diarrhoea, i.e. any diarrhoeal episode in which the loose or watery stools contain visible red blood. Dysentery is most often caused by Shigella species (bacillary dysentery) or Entamoeba histolytica (amoebic dysentery).
Epidemiology and Demographics
Insufficient data exists, but conservative estimates from the WHO suggest that 90 million cases of Shigellosis are contracted annually, with at least 100,000 of these resulting in death.[1] Amebiasis is infecting over 50 million people each year, killing about 50,000.[2]
References
- ↑ World Health Organization. "Diarrhoeal Diseases". Retrieved 2 May 2012.
- ↑ Byrne, Joseph Patrick (2008). Encyclopedia of Pestilence, Pandemics, and Plagues: A-M. ABC-CLIO. pp. 175–176. ISBN 0-313-34102-8.