Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): The stools of an amoebiasis patient typically contain mucous and blood.
Reason (R): Entamoeba histolytica causes amoebiasis by dissolving the tissues in the mucosa of the small intestine.
In the light of the above statement, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

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Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(A) is true but (R) is false

Both (A) and (R) are false

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

Entamoeba histolytica which causes amoebiasis lives in the mucosa and submucosa of the large intestine (not small intestine). It secretes a tissue-dissolving enzyme causing ulcers in the wall of the colon (large intestine). This leads to the leakage of blood and mucus into the stool.

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