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The following were the observations made for an infectious agent.
(i) smaller than a virus,
(ii) its nucleic acid had ribose as sugar
(iii) lacks a Protein coat.
Select the disease /s it is most likely to cause.

A

Potato spindle tuber disease

B

Influenza

C

Potato leaf curl

D

Mad cow disease

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