In the case of ________, ONLY the neurotoxin is required to cause food poisoning. So, antibiotics will NOT help cure the disease, and destroying the cells in food processing will NOT prevent disease if the neurotoxin is already formed

a. botulism
b. campylobacterosis
c. dysentery
d. salmonellosis


Answer: A

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