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An infectious disease is caused by a virus or bacteria and can be communicable. The fluctuating symptom of the disease describes that the person is suffering from a viral infection. Thus, option d is correct.
What is a viral infection?
A viral infection is a disease caused by a virus that causes flu and common cold as common symptoms. Viruses are very different organisms and hijack the cellular and genetic mechanisms of the host cells.
Virus infections are characterized by infecting the immune system leading to the body being susceptible to other infections. It challenges the body by infecting again and again leading to fluctuating symptoms.
Therefore, option d. the viral infection is characterized by fluctuating and acute symptoms.
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Your question is incomplete, but most probably your full question was, You have a patient that has been suffering from an infectious disease for two years. The infection is characterized by fluctuating symptoms with acute symptoms that periodically resolve. Based on the information presented, which statement best describes this infection?
a. the long time course suggests that this is not an infectious disease
b. the patient must not have a functioning immune system
c. this infectious disease exhibits latency
d. this is a typical viral disease course
