Although genetic mutations in bacteria and viruses ca n lead to epidemics， some epidemics are caused by bacteria and viruses that have undergone no significant genetic change．In analyzing the latter, scientists have discovered the importance of social and ecological factors to epidemics． Poliomyelitis，for example，emerged as an epidemic in the United States in the twentieth century by then，modern sanitation was able to delay exposure to polio Until adolescence or adulthood，at which time polio infection produced paralysis． Previously, infection had occurred during infancy, when it typically 9rovided lifelong immunity without paralysis．Thus，the hygiene that helped prevent typhoid epidemics indirectly fostered a paralytic polio epidemic. Another example is lyme disease， which is caused by bacteria that are transmitted by deer ticks．It occurred only sporadically during the late nineteenth century but has recently become prevalent in parts of the United States，largely due to an increase in the deer population that occurred simultaneously with the growth of the suburbs and increased outdoor recreational activities in the deer's habitat．Similarly, an outbreak of dengue hemorrhagic fever became an epidemic in Asia in the 1950's because of ecological changes that caused Aedes aegypti，the mosquito that transmits the dengue virus，to proliferate。The stage is now set in the United States for a dengue epidemic because of the inadvertent introduction and wide dissemination of another mosquito，Aedes albopictus． 6. The passage suggests that a lack of modern sanitation would make which of the following most likely to occur? (A) An outbreak of Lyme disease (B) An outbreak of dengue hemorrhagic fever (C) An epidemic of typhoid (D) An epidemic of paralytic polio among infants (E) An epidemic of paralytic polio among adolescents and adults 我想问E的选项哪里错? 因为我对於这句不是很懂 modern sanitation was able to delay exposure to polio Until adolescence or adulthood，at which time polio infection produced paralysis． Previously, infection had occurred during infancy, when it typically provided lifelong immunity without paralysis 卫生条件延缓了小儿麻痹 一直到青少年时期 先感染小儿麻痹在婴儿时期 之後就终生免疫 这2句到底在说什麽??? Thus, the hygiene that helped prevent typhoid epidemics indirectly fostered a paralytic polio epidemic. 他就只是说因为预防流性性的卫生学间接培养了小儿麻痹 为什麽会这样说间接哩?? 可以解释一下吗 --

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