In What Way Did the West African Ebola Pandemic of 2014-2015

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Multiple Choice

In what way did the West African Ebola pandemic of 2014-2015 demonstrate the value of an anthropological approach?

• A)Careful research by anthropologists identified the first human infection,from which all the other cases ultimately came.
• B)Research on chimpanzees,who are also affected by Ebola,led to the development of a vaccine.
• C)A medical anthropologist discovered that quarantine,an effective way to limit the spread of disease,could also contribute to mortality,in unexpected ways.
• D)Anthropologists discovered that there were five different species of Ebola.

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