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18 October, 22:36

A large number of people experience a high fever with a rash during the summer months in a small country. Epidemiologists suspect an emerging disease. Both Aedes and Anopheles mosquitoes are endemic to the country. Researchers are able to detect + ssRNA in the blood of fever victims and in some mosquitoes. What type of pathogen might be responsible for the epidemic? A. plague bacteriaB. a herpesvirusC. filovirusD. PlasmodiumE. a flavivirus

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  1. 18 October, 23:23
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    The correct answer is option E. a flavivirus.

    Explanation:

    A flavivirus is a virus that is found in primarily by mosquitoes and tick or other arthropods. These are the virus that contains single-stranded enveloped RNA. These mosquitoes or ticks can infect humans with these flaviviruses. These viruses cause diseases that are characterized by high fever, rashes.

    The epidemic can cause life-threatening diseases such as dengue, yellow fever, tick-borne encephalitis.

    Thus, the correct answer is option E. a flavivirus.
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