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When a pathogen develops a resistance to a drug, this means that _____.

the drug is no longer effective in combating the pathogen
the drug does not kill the pathogen, but stops it from reproducing
the pathogen is no longer recognizable by the immune system
the pathogen has mutated into a new strain

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the drug does not kill the pathogen, but stops it from reproducing

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