The introductory paragraph introduces the 2014 Ebola outbreak.
Epidemiology’s Fight Against Ebola%0D%0Aby Carol Hand%0D%0A%0D%0AEmile 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.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AExcerpt from Epidemiology: The Fight Against Ebola & Other Diseases by Carol Hand published by ABDO Publishing © 2015 ABDO Consulting Group, Inc.%0D%0A%0D%0AQuestion%0D%0AUse the passage to answer the question.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat topic does this introductory paragraph introduce?%0D%0A%0D%0A(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0Athe theory of how viruses spread%0D%0Athe theory of how viruses spread%0D%0A%0D%0Athe story of Emile and his family%0D%0Athe story of Emile and his family%0D%0A%0D%0Athe history of the Ebola virus%0D%0Athe history of the Ebola virus%0D%0A%0D%0Athe 2014 Ebola outbreak%0D%0Athe 2014 Ebola outbreak
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