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The microorganism causing measles
Measles is a communicable disease caused by a pathogen.
What type of microorganism causes measles?
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- 1 Identifies a virus as the microorganism that causes measles.
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A virus.
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Measles is caused by a bacterium.
This gives the wrong microorganism category for the named disease.