Which step is irrelevant to investigating a foodborne-illness outbreak?
A. identifying people affected by the outbreak in the investigation
B. finding the source of food and point of contamination
C. generating hypotheses for the outbreak
D. firing employees before the investigation

Will treating a viral infection with antibiotics affect the course of the infection? a) no; antibiotics work by inhibiting enzymes specific to bacteria. antibiotics have no effect on eukaryotic or virally encoded enzymes.b) no; antibiotics do not kill viruses because viruses do not have dna or rna.c) yes; antibiotics activate the immune system, and this decreases the severity of the infection. d) yes; antibiotics can prevent viral entry into the cell by binding to host-receptor proteins.