Question

Which of the following statements concerning Francisella is false?A. An attenuated vaccine is used for high-risk individuals B. It resists phagocytosisC. Humans are its only known hostD. It is extremely infectiousE. It cannot be treated with penicillins or cephalosporins

Answer 1

Answer:

Humans are its only known host

Explanation:

Humans are not the only known host for bacterium Francisella. For example, Francisella species such as Francisella tularensis uses many other organisms as its host.

Some of the non-human host organisms for Francisella tularensis are wild rabbits, most of the domestic and wild animals. The Francisella tularensis serve as causative agent of tularemia in these organisms which is a plague-like disease.