Question 19M.2.SL.TZ1.1b
| Date | May 2019 | Marks available | [Maximum mark: 1] | Reference code | 19M.2.SL.TZ1.1b |
| Level | SL | Paper | 2 | Time zone | TZ1 |
| Command term | State | Question number | b | Adapted from | N/A |
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is the disease in humans and other primates that is caused by the Ebola virus. Fruit bats are the reservoir for the virus and are able to spread the disease without being affected. Humans can become infected by contact with fruit bats or with people infected by the virus, their body fluids or equipment used to treat them.
The table shows data for four African countries that were affected by the 2014–2015 Ebola outbreak.
[Source: adapted with permission, from Ebola Situation Report, figure 1, http://apps.who.int/ebola/current-situation/ebolasituation-
report-2-march-2016, March 2016, and from Successful treatment of advanced Ebola virus infection with T-705
(favipiravir) in a small animal model, Oestereich, L. et al, 2014, under CC BY 3.0]
Analysis of the data suggests that the number of deaths from EVD is not related to the total population size. State one piece of evidence from the data that would support this analysis.
[1]
country with biggest population/Mali has lowest number of deaths
OR
country with smallest population/Liberia has biggest number of deaths ✔
OWTTE
