Microbiology: An Introduction (13th Edition)
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Author: Gerard J. Tortora, Berdell R. Funke, Christine L. Case, Derek Weber, Warner Bair
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Chapter 15, Problem 5MCQ
The ID50 for Campylobacter sp. is 500 cells; the ID50 for Cryptosporidium sp. is 100 cells. Which of the following statements is false?
- a. Both microbes are pathogens.
- b. Both microbes produce infections in 50% of the inoculated hosts.
- c. Cryptosporidium is more virulent than Campylobacter.
- d. Campylobacter and Cryptosporidium are equally virulent; they cause infections in the same number of test animals.
- e. Cryptosporidium infections are more severe than Campylobacter infections.
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