Question

In the movie "contagion", one person who has become infected with a recombinant pathogenic virus spreads it to a large number of people who she comes in contact with. those people then spread it to others, and, before you know it, the disease has spread all over the world. this is an example of a _______ epidemic. point-source common-source propagated endemic

Answer 1

Based on the scenario above, this is an example of a propagated epidemic. A propagated epidemic is an outbreak where the infection is being spread out by person to person when the infected individual is exposed or in contact with another person, making the person to be infected.