Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Dysentery
- Causative Oraganism
- shigella bacteria
- amoeba
- Incubation period
- one to four days
- occurence
- 140 million people develop dysentery each year
- Natural Resiviors
- only naturally found in humans and gorilla
- Mode of Transmission
- transmitted directly by faecal material of a patient/carrier or indirectly through contaminated food
- Period of communicability
- 4 weeks
- Signs and Symptoms
- Diarrhoea
- Stomach Cramps
- Nausea
- Preventative Measures
- wash your hands with soap and warm water after using the toilet, and regularly throughout the day
- Methods of control
- health education to the general public and food trade on observance of good personal,
environmental and food hygiene
- Surveillance and control of drinking water quality
- infection of the intestines