Hantavirus has all of the following characteristics except

A. the first U.S. outbreak occurred in 1993 in the southwest.
B. it is transmitted by aerosol transmission from rodent excreta.
C. it is a zoonosis.
D. symptoms are abrupt fever, lung edema, respiratory distress, and hypotension.
E. the reservoir is human carriers.


Answer: E

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