The Disease Cholera Is Highly Virulent and Is Spread by Contact

question 25

Multiple Choice

The disease cholera is highly virulent and is spread by contact with infected water. Does this support the trade-off hypothesis of disease virulence?

• A) Yes because it's easy to come into contact with water directly. There is no need to keep the host up and about for transmission.
• B) Yes because the only way you the disease is by contact with water and it's not particularly deadly
• C) Yes, because it's not easy to come into contact with water directly. No need to keep the host up and about for transmission.
• D) No, you'd expect a waterborne pathogen to not be particularly deadly.
• E) No, but neither does influenza.