Recent research into the causes of schizophrenia, including studies of patients with schizophrenia who had been exposed prenatally to influenza epidemics, suggests that there might be a ________ cause of schizophrenia.
A. viral
B. bacterial
C. both a and b
D. neither a nor b
Answer: A
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