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Which of the following diseases is caused by parasitic flies?

1. Tetanus
2. Typhoid
3. Whooping cough
4. Sleeping sickness

Correct answer: Sleeping sickness

Solution

Sleeping sickness is caused by Trypanosoma parasites transmitted by tsetse flies. The other choices are bacterial diseases or toxin-related illness, not parasitic fly-borne disease.

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