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The mother of the patient with Leptospirosis asked you why the symptoms have only appeared now when her child has walked through the flood “almost a month ago”. What would be a correct response?*1 pointa. “The incubation period can range from 7-19 days, which is why the symptoms only have appeared now.”b. “It only takes less than a week for the symptoms of Leptospirosis to occur.”c. “I think you meant ‘more’ than a month, since the incubation period of Leptospirosis is 28-36 days.”d. “Are you sure it has been almost a month? The incubation period is just 3 days.”

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The mother of the patient with Leptospirosis asked you why the symptoms have only appeared now when her child has walked through the flood “almost a month ago”. What would be a correct response?*1 pointa. “The incubation period can range from 7-19 days, which is why the symptoms only have appeared now.”b. “It only takes less than a week for the symptoms of Leptospirosis to occur.”c. “I think you meant ‘more’ than a month, since the incubation period of Leptospirosis is 28-36 days.”d. “Are you sure it has been almost a month? The incubation period is just 3 days.”

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a. “The incubation period can range from 7-19 days, which is why the symptoms only have appeared now.”

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