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Infection of Ascaris (Roundworm) usually occurs by:

  1. A
    Drinking water containing eggs of Ascaris.
  2. B
    Eating imperfectly cooked pork.
  3. C
    Tse-tse fly bites.
  4. D
    Mosquito bites.

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Ascaris lumbricoides is an intestinal parasite. Infection occurs via the fecal-oral route, typically by consuming food or water contaminated with embryonated eggs found in the soil.

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Infection of Ascaris (Roundworm) usually occurs by:
A
Drinking water containing eggs of Ascaris.
B
Eating imperfectly cooked pork.
C
Tse-tse fly bites.
D
Mosquito bites.

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