The hospital has instructed its nurses that they must participate in disease surveillance associated with infectious agents. The nurses are warned that, of the following diseases, which is/are likely to be weapons of terrorists?
1. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
2. Plague, anthrax, smallpox
3. Rubella, mumps, chickenpox
4. Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Lyme disease
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Rationale:
1. SARS is a rare infectious disease.
2. Plague, anthrax, and smallpox are choices of terrorists because they are highly contagious and lethal diseases that can kill large numbers of people in a relatively short time.
3. Rubella, mumps, and chickenpox are childhood communicable diseases that are not usually fatal.
4. Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Lyme disease are caused by ticks endemic to wooded areas.
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