Question

Which sentence from the passage contains the central idea?it took a long time for people to realize where this disease came from.for hundreds of years, they thought it was due to dirty air, especially near swamps.in fact, it is caused by the bite of an infected mosquito.not all mosquitoes carry this disease, and some mosquitoes actually get it from biting an infected person.

Answer 1

Answer:

c. In fact, it is caused by the bite of an infected mosquito.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Fever 1973 by Laurie Anderson is based on the real outbreak of yellow fever. It is caused by the mosquito's bite displays the central idea of the story. Thus, option c is correct.

What is yellow fever?

Yellow fever is a viral infection that spreads because of a mosquito bite and results in fever, headache, body ache, and sometimes leads to organ failure and death.

Not all type of mosquito causes yellow fever but only the Aedes aegypti mosquito that breeds in clean water causes and transmits the virus from the infected to the normal person through the bite.

Therefore, option c. yellow fever is caused by the bite of a mosquito.

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