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Housefly is a carrier of _________.


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Skin and eye infections

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diarrhoeal diseases

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Solution

Housefly:

  1. The house fly known as Musca domestica, acts as a vector for various infectious diseases.
  2. They act as carriers of diseases like diarrhea, skin and eye infections, skin problems, etc.
  3. House flies spread diseases and infections directly, i.e., unlike mosquitoes they do not bite the host organisms.
  4. They generally breed at infectious unhygienic sites.
  5. The disease-causing agents attach to the tarsi of house flies, their hair or body hair, and spread when the fly lands on food.

Final answer: Housefly is a carrier of skin and eye infections and diarrhoeal diseases.


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