The CDC Has Enlisted Your Help in Controlling the Spread

Multiple Choice

The CDC has enlisted your help in controlling the spread of a highly contagious, rapidly evolving, drug-resistant bacterium released during the desert excavation of an ancient civilization.What approach do you tell them to take?

A) Use alcohol or bleach to sterilize the affected areas
B) Try to irradiate the bacterium with UV light
C) Introduce a bacteriophage that is known to attack a closely related bacterial species
D) Develop a new class of antibiotics that the pathogen has not yet encountered
E) Introduce nonpathogenic bacteria to compete with the pathogen for resources