Question

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

Answer 1

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.