outbreak
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Nigeria, the first West African state to report a case linked to the current Ebola crisis in East Africa, successfully stopped a previous outbreak in 2014.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
In 2023, 29 people were killed by a cholera outbreak in a township just outside Pretoria.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
As a regional transport hub, the risk of the outbreak spreading is a big concern.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
The delay did not cause the summer’s outbreak.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
And he was thinking: Peters—Peters—he’s never been in an outbreak this complicated—none of us has—the only thing like it was Kitum Cave.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
The two air masses are divided by a weather front which will bring outbreaks of rain.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
And there were over 3,700 outbreaks in September, nearly four times as many as one year earlier.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
When several different microorganisms are associated with a disease, identifying the responsible bacteria, predicting outbreaks, and developing consistently effective treatments become more challenging.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
The country has experience containing several Ebola outbreaks, including through surveillance, contact tracing and the isolation of suspected cases.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
At the end of October, German naval crews mutinied, and within a week, revolutionary outbreaks had spread to every big German city.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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