Name the organisms which cause the following:(iv) Ascariasis

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Ascaris lumbricoides:

Ascariasis is a disease caused by the parasitic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides.

The infection spreads by consuming food and water contaminated with Ascaris eggs from the faeces of an infected person.

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