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A nurse goes to Liberia to work on a healthcare team during the Ebola crisis. Before returning to the U.S. she stays several days to go scuba diving. On the return flight, she complained of extreme pain in her joints, nausea and weakness before she collapsed and died. What is the likely cause of death?
A) ebola
B) asphyxia
C) food poisoning
D) decompression sickness

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The symptoms she is experiencing is more indicative of contracting ebola because if it were decompression sickness, she would have died a lot sooner. Joint and muscle pain is a symptom of ebola, the answer is A.

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