Multiple Choice
The student asks a professor to explain how tuberculosis (TB) can remain dormant in some people. What explanation by the professor is best?
A) It does not remain dormant but some host defenses can kill the bacteria.
B) The bacilli can become isolated within tubercles in the lungs.
C) Macrophages attack and phagocytize new areas of infection.
D) Virulence factors in the bacilli weaken over time leading to apoptosis.
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