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n. - Infection by a disease-causing one-celled animals.

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  • For example, it the problem identified was too many people sick from amoebiasis, the goal would be to reduce the occurrence of amoebiasis in the community.
  • - Pregnancy: a teratogenic effect is not proven, Metronidazole treatment is possible in pregnant woman and it is justified to treat amoebiasis with clinical signs.
  • In particular, rats and mice are carriers of diseases such as leptospirosis, amoebiasis, certain forms of typhus and, through their parasites, they can spread plague.
  • And so there follows a long line of possible gastrointestinal issues: giardia, shigella, amoebiasis, random and indeterminate food poisoning, hookworm, tapeworm,...
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