Question

Name any two viral and two bacterial diseases spread by houseflies.

Answer 1

Vectors:

1. Vectors are those organisms that carry diseases from an unhealthy person to a healthy person.
2. Vectors are generally insects.
3. The germs get attached to their body and get transmitted.

Two viral diseases spread by houseflies:

1. Polio: It is a disease that causes the ill growth of our limbs and hands.
2. Hepatitis: It causes the diseases of the liver.

Two bacterial diseases spread by houseflies:

1. Cholera: It is caused due to infected water.
2. Typhoid: In this disease, there occurs a prolonged fever.