Question

epidemiologys fight against ebola 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 viruss discovery in 1976. the 2014 outbreak quickly became by far the most devastating. use the passage to answer the question. what topic does this introductory paragraph introduce? (1 point) the history of the ebola virus the story of emile and his family the 2014 ebola outbreak the theory of how viruses spread

Explanation:

The paragraph starts with Emile, who is believed to be patient - zero of the 2014 Ebola outbreak. It then mentions the severity of the 2014 outbreak compared to previous ones.

Answer:

the 2014 Ebola outbreak