A new disease has recently been discovered in a community, and you have been brought in to investigate. The disease appears to pass from one person to another when they shake hands, and it can be cured with antibiotics. What can you say about this disease? A. It is a fungal disease that is indirectly transmitted.
B. The pathogen replicates without using host cells' replication machinery, and it is directly transmitted.
C. It is a viral disease that is directly transmitted.
D. The pathogen replicates without using host cells' replication machinery, and it is indirectly transmitted.