Please Read the Clinical Scenario, and Then Answer the Question

question 69

Multiple Choice

Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format.

You are on a medical trip to sub-Saharan Africa with a team from your hospital. You are stationed at a well-equipped hospital, in spite of the scant development of the area surrounding the hospital. You meet Raj, a cute 5-year-old boy who runs around barefoot and likes to play in the area ponds to stay cool. He comes into the clinic with a high fever, sore throat, and generalized weakness. His parents are nowhere to be found. Raj says he has been sick for about a week.
-You are wondering what the specific causative agent is,so you do a search on PubMed from the hospital's medical library.What is the causative agent for polio?

• A)Enterovirus picornaviridae
• B)Streptococcus pneumoniae
• C)Naegleria fowleri
• D)Poliovirus intoxicum