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Which of the following diseases is not explained by germ theory? (1 point)

malaria
HIV
cancer
flu

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Cancer is caused by unregulated cell division, and not by any type of germ. Cancer, therefore, could not be explained by the germ theory. Malaria is a protozoan, HIV and flu are both viruses.

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