​A Main Difference Between a Person Contracting an Infectious Disease

question 13

Multiple Choice

​A main difference between a person contracting an infectious disease and a chronic disease is:

• A)infectious diseases are not related to the nutritional status of a person.  
• B)some infectious diseases can be cured with medications but chronic diseases cannot.
• C)special immune-strengthening foods can prevent infectious diseases.
• D)​people in developed countries will not get infectious diseases because of existing safeguards.
• E)​infectious diseases arise not from a straightforward cause but from a mixture of factors.

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