Epidemiology’s Fight Against Ebola

Question

by Carol Hand

Emile 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.

Question
Use the passage to answer the question.

What topic does this introductory paragraph introduce?

(1 point)
Responses

the theory of how viruses spread
the theory of how viruses spread

the story of Emile and his family
the story of Emile and his family

the 2014 Ebola outbreak
the 2014 Ebola outbreak

the history of the Ebola virus

Answer 1

The introductory paragraph introduces the 2014 Ebola outbreak.