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Which type of biological agent needs a host to replicate and spread, is costly and difficult to grow in large quantities for terrorism purposes, and does not respond to antibiotic treatment?

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Answer:

Viruses are organisms which require living cells in which to

replicate. They are therefore intimately dependent upon the cells of the host

which they infect.

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