Which of the Following Statements Describes the Cause of the Hantavirus

question 17

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements describes the cause of the hantavirus pulmonary syndrome outbreak in the Southwest during the 1990s,demonstrating the interconnected web of human health,animal health and environmental health?

• A)Excess rain enhanced the production of pine nuts,which led to a large population of deer mice,the reservoir of hantavirus that are shed in urine and feces,and can aerosolize into human lungs.
• B)Global warming evaporated the lakes and drove deer mice,the reservoir of hantavirus,into the suburbs,where they passed the virus to humans in their feces.
• C)Polluted rivers from excess watershed run-off killed the native plants so the starving deer mice were forced to migrate to urban areas where they shed hantavirus that aerosolized into human lungs.
• D)Increased temperatures enhanced the mosquito population in the Southwest,leading to more humans being bitten and greater transmission of hantavirus.

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