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(C) $1$. Amoebic dysentery is caused by $Entamoeba$ 	ext{ histolytica}, which is transmitted through contaminated food and water.$2$. Ascariasis is c

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(C) $1$. Amoebic dysentery is caused by $Entamoeba$ 	ext{ histolytica}, which is transmitted through contaminated food and water.$2$. Ascariasis is caused by $Ascaris$ 	ext{ lumbricoides}, and its eggs are transmitted through contaminated soil, water, and vegetables.$3$. Filariasis (Elephantiasis) is caused by $Wuchereria$ 	ext{ bancrofti} and $Wuchereria$ 	ext{ malayi}. It is transmitted to healthy individuals through the bite of female $Culex$ mosquitoes, not through contaminated water.$4$. Therefore, Filariasis is the disease that is not spread through contaminated water.

Which of the following diseases cannot be considered as being spread through contaminated water?

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