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A patient has dysentery. Which group of microorganisms causes it, as it does malaria?

AMoulds
BProtozoa
CBacteria
DViruses
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Protozoa
1. Malaria's Plasmodium is a protozoan. 2. Dysentery is also protozoan. 3. Typhoid and TB are bacterial. _Source: syllabus Science, Chapter 2, Microorganisms: Friend and Foe._
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