Question

review the seventh and eighth paragraphs.
medical mystery
1 in autumn of 1975, two mothers in lyme, connecticut, were desperate for answers that their doctors could not provide. their families and others in the lyme area were suffering from a mysterious illness, with symptoms such as headaches, skin rashes, swollen knees, fever, and fatigue. the women contacted the connecticut state department of health and the yale school of medicine for help. two doctors from yale, allan steere and stephen malawista, began an investigation that would result in a groundbreaking medical discovery.
2 the doctors began by conducting individual examinations of each patient.
based on the text, what shared quality between deer ticks and humans led to the spread of lyme disease?
they both lived in the same area.
they both needed a lot of farmland.
they both fed on deer or rodents.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option 1: "They both lived in the same area." If deer ticks and humans share the same living area, ticks can easily come into contact with humans, facilitating the spread of Lyme disease (transmitted by ticks).
• Option 2: Humans don't need a lot of farmland for Lyme disease spread, and this is not a relevant shared quality for disease transmission.
• Option 3: Humans don't feed on deer or rodents, so this is incorrect.

So the correct option is the one stating they both lived in the same area.

Answer:

They both lived in the same area.