A high therapeutic index is advantageous. This refers to _______.
A) high efficacy of the drug against the target microbe
B) the ratio between low selective toxicity and high human toxicity
C) the ratio between high selective toxicity and low human toxicity
D) selective toxicity and human toxicity are both high
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