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Dysentery is an illness involving severe diarrhea that is often associated with blood in the feces. It is caused by ingestion of food containing microorganisms, causing a disease in which inflammation of the intestines affect the body significantly. There are two major types: shigellosis, which is caused by one of several types of Shigella bacteria; and amoebic dysentery, which is caused by the amoeba Entamoeba histolytica. In 1898, the same year that the United States declared war on Spain ...
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Diarrhea Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.cancer.gov/
- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/
- National Center for Infectious Diseases
- American Academy of Pediatrics http://www.aap.org/
- American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/
- American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.niddk.nih.gov/
- National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Parasitic Diseases
- National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, HHS http://www.niaid.nih.gov/
- National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse, NIDDK, NIH, HHS http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/index.htm
- Division of Parasitic Diseases, NCID, CDC, OPHS, HHS http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/default.htm
- Scleroderma Foundation Greater Washington DC http://www.scleroderma.org/chapter/washingtondc/index.htm
- Lab Tests Online http://www.labtestsonline.org/
- MayoClinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
- HealthWorld http://www.healthy.net/
- University of Maryland Medical Center http://www.umm.edu/
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