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| Diseases | Causative agent | Symptoms |
| Ascariasis | Ascaris | |
| Trichophyton | Appearance of dry, scaly lesions on various parts of the body | |
| Typhoid | High fever, weakness, headache, stomach pain and constipation. | |
| Pneumonia |
Solution
| Diseases | Causative agent | Symptoms |
| Ascariasis | Ascaris | pain, vomiting, headache, anaemia, irritability and diarrhoea |
| Ringworm | Trichophyton | Appearance of dry, scaly lesions on various parts of the body |
| Typhoid | Salmonella typhi | High fever, weakness, headache, stomach pain and constipation. |
| Pneumonia | Streptococcus pneumoniae | Fever, cough, painful breathing and brown sputum |
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