Multiple Choice
In the future, an increase in emerging pathogens from animal sources is
A) an inevitable consequences of evolution.
B) likely to decrease as scientists find ways to combat viruses.
C) likely to increase as humans intrude farther into wild regions.
D) not a likely threat because scientists have eliminated viruses like SARS.
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