According to CDC Data, Who Is More Likely to Acquire

question 79

Multiple Choice

According to CDC data, who is more likely to acquire a rickettsial disease?

• A)Tom who traveled to Arizona for the summer
• B)Sally who went to the beach at Big Sur, CA
• C)Mike who visited his aunt in Sub-Saharan Africa
• D)Phil who stayed home and mowed his lawn
• E)Harry who works in a pet store and hates fleas and ticks

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Definitions:

T Cells

A type of white blood cell that plays a central role in the immune response, assisting in the protection against pathogens.

Macrophages

A variant of white blood cell that consumes and dismantles cellular rubbish, alien substances, microorganisms, and cancer cells via a mechanism termed phagocytosis.

Red Blood Cells

The cells in the blood which carry oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues and carbon dioxide back to the lungs.

Macrophages

Immune cells that engulf and digest cellular debris, foreign substances, microbes, and cancer cells in a process called phagocytosis.