Human Health and Diseases — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Prevention of amoebiasis is to be done at two levels, viz. at home and at endemic level.
1. Prevention of the spread of amoebiasis at the home level:

• Washing hands with soap and water after using the toilet or changing a baby’s diaper and before handling and eating food.
• Cleaning bathrooms and toilets properly with germicides.
• Avoiding raw vegetables when in endemic areas where they are grown in soil fertilized by human faeces.
• Boiling and purifying the drinking water.

2. Prevention of the spread of amoebiasis at endemic level:

• Avoiding consumption of street foods especially in public places.
• Following good sanitary practice, as well as using proper sewage disposal or treatment.
• E. histolytica cysts are usually resistant to chlorination; therefore sedimentation and filtration of water supplies are necessary to reduce the incidence of infection.
• Avoiding shared towels or face washers.