Attempts to foresee epidemics such as these have traditionally relied on fieldwork on the ground.
During seasonal epidemics, most cases of pneumonia are caused by secondary bacterial infections, which usually respond well to antibiotics.
However, the annual increase in case notifications from the African Region is declining each year, probably because the HIV epidemics in African countries are also slowing.
But let us not limit health development to the MDG targets for the health of women and children, for turning back the epidemics of HIV, malaria and TB, for increasing access to essential drugs.
But new issues kept intruding, like hurricanes and epidemics.
Avian influenza has caused widespread epidemics in bird population in many parts of the world.
Particular attention was given to the situation in some countries which are currently experiencing intense influenza epidemics largely caused by the H1N1 (2009) virus.
The risk for outbreaks is often presumed to be very high in the chaos that follows natural disasters, a fear likely derived from a perceived association between dead bodies and epidemics.
Unsafe water will lead to epidemics.
The custom of ascending a hEight to avoid epidemics was passed down from long time ago.
The custom of ascending a height to avoid epidemics was passed down from long time ago. Therefore, the Double Ninth Festival is also called "Height Ascending Festival".
While no epidemics have been confirmed in the vast coastal areas devastated by the tsunamis on Sunday, the officials said they were most worried about diarrheal diseases- cholera, typhoid fever and shigellosis- as well as liver diseases like hepatitis A and E.
In the past, epidemics have brought about reductions in trade, travel, and tourism, and a temporary retreat from market activity.
China can no longer explain away inflation as a short-term result of floods and epidemics of animal disease - nor can it ignore the strains its macroeconomic policies are producing.
During seasonal epidemics, more than 90% of deaths occur in the frail elderly.
If only we could develop a vaccine that was effective against all strains of flu, we might prevent both annual epidemics and occasional pandemics like the one now under way.
During epidemics of seasonal influenza, around 90% of deaths occur in the frail elderly, who often suffer from one or more chronic medical conditions.
Before 1970 only nine countries had experienced DHF epidemics, a number that had increased more than four-fold by 1995.
A shortage of food resources in populated areas increases the likelihood of armed conflicts, famines, and epidemics, events that thus reduce population size.
Hepatitis A occurs sporadically and in epidemics worldwide, with a tendency for cyclic recurrences.
Various epidemics and plagues stroke more in summer and autumn.
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