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Mention any two human diseases caused by roundworms. Name their causative agents and their mode of transmission into the human body.

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Answer

Ascariasis:

It is caused by Ascaris lumbricoides.
It is transmitted by drinking water, fruits and vegetable and food contaminated by the cysts of parasite from the faeces of infected persons.

Filariasis:

It is caused by Wuchereria bancrofti and W. Malayi.
It is transmitted by Culex mosquito.

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