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 我想問E的選項哪裡錯? 因為我對於這句不是很懂 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 衛生條件延緩了小兒麻痺 一直到青少年時期 先感染小兒麻痺在嬰兒時期 之後就終生免疫 這2句到底在說什麼??? Thus, the hygiene that helped prevent typhoid epidemics indirectly fostered a paralytic polio epidemic. 他就只是說因為預防流性性的衛生學間接培養了小兒麻痺 為什麼會這樣說間接哩?? 可以解釋一下嗎 --

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