A community picnic is held. A number of the attendees become ill after the picnic. How was the pathogen acquired?
a. Indirect contact
b. Common vehicle
c. Airborne transmission
d. Vector transmission
B
Food at the picnic that was shared in common became the vehicle for transmission.
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