Use the following words to complete the passage below
Affected, epidemic, contaminated, broke out, bat, disease, anticipate, carry
When Ebola ………………. in Guinea a few months ago, no one could …………………. the speed with which the ……………………. would spread throughout neighboring countries. The first case, or what specialists call Patient Zero, was a child who ate a fruit ………………….. by a ……………... These animals are known to ………………… the virus which causes Ebola but they never develop Ebola themselves. Very soon countries such as Sierra Leone, Liberia were concerned with Ebola which has now become an …………………. In Liberia, Ebola developed at a dazzling speed and hundreds of people were ………………………….. Some survived but the majority died in horrible circumstances with no nurses to assist them, and sometimes not even with the medicine or food their bodies needed to resist.
