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Which disease is most common in the Equatorial region?

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Cholera
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Typhoid
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Dysentery
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Malaria
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Solution

The correct option is D Malaria
Tropical diseases encompass all diseases that occur solely, or principally, in the tropics. In practice, the term is often taken to refer to infectious diseases that thrive in hot, humid conditions, such as malaria, leishmaniasis, schistosomiasis, onchocerciasis, lymphatic filariasis, Chagas disease, African trypanosomiasis, and dengue.

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