Dysentery, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), is “any diarrhoeal episode in which the loose or watery stools contain visible red blood.” This disease contributes to epidemics and outbreaks in the form of two main types: amoebic dysentery (amoebiasis), caused by the parasite Entamoeba histolytica and the much more common, bacillary dysentery, a bacterial... Continue Reading →