Question 19

(Multiple Choice)

Sin Nombre hantavirus has all the following characteristics, except


A)its reservoir is human carriers.
B)it is a zoonosis.
C)the symptoms are abrupt fever, lung edema, respiratory distress, and hypotension.
D)it is transmitted by aerosol transmission from rodent excreta.
E)the first U.S.outbreak occurred in 1993 in the Southwest.

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