Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Human Health and Disease

Question:
Which one of the following disease is spread through housefly?
Options:
Filariasis
Ascariasis
Dengue
Amoebiasis
Correct Answer:
Amoebiasis
Explanation:
Entamoeba histolytica is a protozoan parasite in the large intestine of human which causes amoebiasis (amoebic dysentery). Houseflies act as mechanical carriers and serve to transmit the parasite from faeces of infected person to food and food products, thereby contaminating them.