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Question
Which of the following is not transmitted by soil?
Explanation
Brucella spreads via direct contact with infected reproductive tissues, milk and ingestion, not via soil persistence. Coccidioidomycosis inhaled arthroconidia from arid soils, Clostridium tetani spores persist in soil causing tetanus, and Bacillus anthracis spores survive long in soil causing anthrax.
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