The introductory paragraph introduces the 2014 Ebola outbreak.
Epidemiology’s Fight Against Ebolaby Carol HandEmile was a two-year-old boy living in Meliandou, a village in the West African nation of Guinea. In December 2013, Emile may have been bitten by a fruit bat, a common animal in West Africa. On December 26, he became ill. He died two days later. By January 14, his three-year-old sister, his mother, and his grandmother had also died. No one yet realized it, but researchers now believe Emile was patient zero—the first person to contract and begin spreading the Ebola virus during this outbreak. There have been more than two dozen Ebola outbreaks since the virus’s discovery in 1976. The 2014 outbreak quickly became by far the most devastating.Excerpt from Epidemiology: The Fight Against Ebola & Other Diseases by Carol Hand published by ABDO Publishing © 2015 ABDO Consulting Group, Inc.QuestionUse the passage to answer the question.What topic does this introductory paragraph introduce?(1 point)Responsesthe story of Emile and his familythe story of Emile and his familythe 2014 Ebola outbreakthe 2014 Ebola outbreakthe theory of how viruses spreadthe theory of how viruses spreadthe history of the Ebola virusthe history of the Ebola virus
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