Why does oxygen consumption increase (respiratory burst) during infections?
a) The toxic oxygen metabolites produced are used to kill and break down invading microbes once the phagosome has fused with the lysosome
b) The toxic oxygen metabolites produced help invading microbes evade the immune system
c) The toxic oxygen metabolites produced help invading microbes replicate and spread in the host
d) The toxic oxygen metabolites produced trigger apoptosis in host cells to limit microbial growth