Why Is Helicobacter Pylori Considered an Emerging Disease

question 51

Multiple Choice

Why is Helicobacter pylori considered an emerging disease?

• A) It is highly resistant to antibiotics.
• B) Ulcers were not known to have an infectious cause until recently.
• C) It is now present on all of the continents.
• D) It can jump from humans to pigs and back again.
• E) It had declined in the 1960s but appears to be back again.

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