Name any two diseases caused by parasitic worms ?

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Ascariasis is an infection of humans and other mammals caused by intestinal roundworms of the genus Ascaris.

Drinking water and food contaminated by the faecal matter of an infected person are the main sources of infection.

Filariasis is caused by the filarial worms that are transmitted by the bite of the Culex mosquito.

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