A study on dysentery

Type :

Term papers

Pages :

3 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

09/25/2009

Category :

Science & technology

Sub category :

Medical studies

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Summary :

Introduction
Meaning of Enterobacteriaceae
Understanding how dysentery is transmitted
1. Contaminated food/water
2. Higher incidence of dysentery in developing countries
The efforts by the US to avoid dysentery
Dysentery as a major concern in third world countries
Treatment for dysentery
Dysentery in World War 1
Dysentery outbreaks in developing countries
Dysentery and the tsunami
Conclusion
Works cited

Abstract

dysentery represents a plaque not just of the intestines, but a plague of developing nations as well. Lack of potable water and malnutrition create an environment for disease to flourish. US foreign aid has been primarily for show and not effect. More money is spent on war in developing countries than in making basic attempts (water, sanitation, food) to bring them out of the third world. America has taken an almost isolationist policy in its proactive foreign relations; saving the world without guns is no longer our concern. dysentery represents one of the problems plaguing developing nations.

According to the CDC's Division of Parasitic Diseases, several protozoan species in the genus Entaamoeba infect humans. Specifically, Entamoeba histolytica is the pathogenic ameba associated with dysentery, colitis, appendicitis and other diseases.