Drawing on Your Knowledge of Evolution, Why Is Treatment And/or

Multiple Choice

Drawing on your knowledge of evolution, why is treatment and/or vaccination against viruses particularly difficult?

A) Their high replication rate increases the probability of beneficial mutations.
B) Their high mutation rate increases the probability of beneficial mutations.
C) Viral reassortment increases the pathogenicity of viruses.
D) Their high replication rate increases the probability of beneficial mutations and their high mutation rate increases the probability of beneficial mutations.
E) Their high replication rate increases the probability of beneficial mutations, their high mutation rate increases the probability of beneficial mutations, and viral reassortment increases the pathogenicity of viruses.