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Which of these diseases is not spread by mosquitoes?

Correct answer A. Sleeping sickness

Explanation

Sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis) is transmitted by the tsetse fly, while dengue, malaria and filariasis are all carried by mosquitoes.

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