Typhoid, diarrhea, dysentery, cholera etc are generally spread by ______________.

mosquitoes

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housefly

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sandfly

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rodents

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Solution

The correct option is A housefly
Housefly feed on waste, excreta, and garbage which contains the infectious disease-causing germs. Houseflies became the carrier of these pathogens and they get entered in our body through the food we eat or water we drink since houseflies feed and sit on eatable items.

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