Human Health And Disease Question 39
Question: Which of the following diseases is not transmitted by houseflies?
Options:
A) Typhoid
B) Yellow fever
C) Dysentery
D) Cholera
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Answer:
Correct Answer: B
Solution:
House flies are recognized as carriers of easily communicable diseases.
Flies collect diseases causing pathogens on their legs and mouths when females lay eggs on decomposing organic matter such as feces, garbage and animal corpses.
House flies are the carrier of diseases such typhoid, cholera and dysentery.
Whereas yellow fever is caused by a flavivirus and transmitted by the bite of mosquitoes, usually the Aedes aegypti mosquito, Hence, option B is correct.
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