The CDC Has Enlisted Your Help in Controlling the Spread

question 65

Multiple Choice

The CDC has enlisted your help in controlling the spread of a highly contagious, rapidly evolving, drug-resistant bacterium released during the desert excavation of an ancient civilization.What approach do you tell them to take?

• A) Use alcohol or bleach to sterilize the affected areas
• B) Try to irradiate the bacterium with UV light
• C) Introduce a bacteriophage that is known to attack a closely related bacterial species
• D) Develop a new class of antibiotics that the pathogen has not yet encountered
• E) Introduce nonpathogenic bacteria to compete with the pathogen for resources

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