A New Virus Has Been Identified by DNA Sequencing Methods

Multiple Choice

A new virus has been identified by DNA sequencing methods in a remote location in the South Pacific.The World Health Organization is very concerned because infection with this virus has a death rate of 20% of all infected individuals and no vaccine is available.This is an example of a(n) _____ disease.

A) Re-emerging infectious
B) Latent
C) Prion
D) Emerging infectious
E) Vector-borne