People Can Contract Hepatitis from Eating Raw Shellfish Because Shellfish

question 15

Multiple Choice

People can contract hepatitis from eating raw shellfish because shellfish:

• A)Are normal carriers of the hepatitis virus.
• B)Absorb the virus from sediment.
• C)Filter the virus from sewage-contaminated water.
• D)Are effected by algal blooms which transmit the virus.
• E)Contract the virus from passing fish.

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