Please select the FALSE statement regarding plague and its transmission.
A) Plague is caused by a Gram-negative organism and is thus completely untreatable with antibiotics.
B) Yersinia pestis is a Gram-negative organism and thus possess an outer lipopolysaccharide layer.
C) People can contract plague when they are bitten by fleas from rodents infected with the causative organism.
D) Y. pestis is typically transmitted by the bites of infected fleas, an example of biological transmission.
E) The incidence of vector-borne diseases such as plague can be decreased by controlling the vector or the infected hosts.
Correct Answer:
Verified
Q62: Why would it be more difficult to
Q64: Which are the three ways in which
Q66: You and your exercise buddy decide to
Q73: Which of the following are diseases caused
Q75: Please select the INCORRECT statement regarding helminths
Q80: Which of the following definitions is CORRECT?
A)
Q81: Yersinia pestis can be transmitted in more
Q82: Please select the FALSE statement regarding arthropod
Q84: You and your exercise buddy decide to
Q85: Once Y. pestis is in the human
Unlock this Answer For Free Now!
View this answer and more for free by performing one of the following actions
Scan the QR code to install the App and get 2 free unlocks
Unlock quizzes for free by uploading documents