Why Was Malarial Therapy Effective in Treating General Paresis

question 74

Multiple Choice

Why was malarial therapy effective in treating general paresis?

• A) The fever that was induced killed off the cause of the observed symptoms.
• B) General paresis was caused by malaria, and malarial therapy triggered an immune response that destroyed the existing infection.
• C) Malarial therapy prevented the syphilis spirochetes from entering the brain.
• D) There is no known treatment for general paresis.

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