Multiple Choice
Watching the news,you are listening to a current story about a cruiseship in the Carribbean having an outbreak of diarrheal illness on board,affecting hundreds of people.Thinking about all of those people together in a small area like a ship,opening and closing doors,using handrails,etc,you are trying to figure out what infectious agent it is likely to be.Your most likely guess is that the pathogen is:
A) cholera
B) norovirus
C) Clostridium difficile
D) hepatitis B
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