Nova Scotia is the second-smallest province in the country with a total area of 21,300 square miles (55,284 square kilometers), which includes Cape Breton Island and almost 3,800 small coastal islands. Nova Scotia has an estimated population of 940,600, up from 921,700 in 2011. This makes Nova Scotia the 2nd most densely populated province in the country with a population density of 45 people per square mile, or 17 per square kilometer.
By Liji Thomas, MD. Dysentery is an infection of the intestines which causes the passage of bloody stools mixed with mucus. It is caused either by bacteria such as Shigella, or by parasites such as Entamoeba.These forms are called bacillary dysentery, or shigellosis, and amoebic dysentery respectively.iagnosis is based on a history of possible contact with the parasite or bacteria, such as travel abroad, confirmed by other tests: 1  Blood tests for Entamoeba or Shigella. 2  Stool tests. 3  Microscopy for the presence of the parasite or bacteria.
The feces of infected individuals (1) and waters contaminated by infected feces (2) are also reservoirs of the pathogenic agent. General Characteristics. Shigella are gram-negative rods that are non-motile and non-sporeforming (2). The bacteria is primarily a human disease, but has been found in some primates (2).Shigella are facultative anaerobes, similar to enterics such as E. coli (3).eutrophils in the stool are an easily identifiable sign of Shigella infection (3). In the medical laboratory, identification of individual Shigella species is often accomplished through slide agglutination using absorbed rabbit antisera (3).