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Name two diseases that are transmitted by houseflies. Mention their causative pathogens.

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Some of the diseases transmitted by houseflies are typhoid, cholera, dysentery etc. Typhoid and cholera are both bacterial diseases caused by Salmonella typhi and Vibrio cholerae bacteria's respectively.

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