What are the diseases that can be spread by housefly?

Typhoid

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Cholera

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Dysentery

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Solution

The correct options are
A
Typhoid

B
Cholera

C
Dysentery

House flies are carriers of easily communicable diseases. House flies carry diseases on their legs and the small hairs that cover their bodies. It takes only a matter of seconds for them to transfer these pathogens to food or touched surfaces. Diseases carried by house flies include typhoid, cholera and dysentery.

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