A graduate student was assaying LD50 (lethal dose 50%) of two temperature-sensitive Francisella tularensis strains in HeLa cells (human cell line). Both strains can infect humans and cause fatal tularemia if untreated, but it is difficult to obtain LD50 values in human subjects. The data below shows LD50 (lethal dose 50%) values of the strains in human cell culture. Can you predict the more virulent strain of the two human pathogens?Francisella tularensis strain A: LD50 @ 20∘C= 100; LD50 @ 37∘C= 1000Francisella tularensis strain B: LD50 @ 20∘C= 1000 LD50 @ 37∘C= 100Group of answer choicesIt is not possible to determine the virulence of the two strains as human pathogens from the provided dataStrain A and strain B are equally virulent as human pathogens, as they average out in virulence.Strain A is more virulent than strain A as a human pathogen.Strain B is more virulent than strain A as a human pathogen.

Given:At 20°C: Strain A LD50 = 100, Strain B LD50 = 1000. At 37°C: Strain A LD50 = 1000, Strain B…

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