Question

A new disease has recently been discovered in a village, and you have been brought in to investigate. The disease appears to pass from one person to another when they shake hands, and it can be cured with antibiotics. What can you say about this disease?
It is a fungal disease that is indirectly transmitted.
The pathogen replicates without using host cells replication machinery, and it is directly transmitted,
It is a viral disease that is directly transmitted.
The pathogen replicates without using host cells replication machinery, and it is indirectly transmitted

Answer 1

Answer:

The pathogen replicates without using host cells replication machinery, and it is directly transmitted

Explanation:

We could infer that the disease is caused by bacteria, as we know that it can be cured by using antibiotics. Antibiotic a group of drugs capable of destroying bacterias or inhibit their growth.  

Bacterias have many different ways of propagating, one of them is by contact:

• Direct contact: This occurs when people touch or kiss a sick person,  or there is an interchange of liquids and corporal fluids (such as sweat or blood) between the healthy person and the sick person.
• Indirect contact: the transmission occurs through an object.

Bacterias do not need any other living being to reproduce and they are able to survive under extreme conditions. Bacteria do not need any host to replicate.

In the exposed example, the disease is cured by using antibiotics, and its transmission is by direct contact, such as handshaking or touching.