This form of mercury poisoning became known as Minamata disease because of a dramatic outbreak that occurred in Minamata, Japan, in the early 1950s.
This is the latest and most dramatic outbreak of Googlephobia in Europe.Europe's former competition commissioner, Joaquín Almunia, brokered a series of settlements this year requiring Google to give more prominence to rivals' shopping and map services alongside its own in search results.
In other parts of the world, the convergence of population dynamics, environmental factors, and animal reservoirs has resulted in dramatic outbreaks of apparently new infectious diseases that constitute a considerable threat to global human health (most recently, SARS and avian influenza).
The emergence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains resistant to antituberculosis agents has recently received increased attention owing largely to the dramatic outbreaks of multi drug resistance tuberculosis (MDR-TB).
The emergence of M. tuberculosis strains resistant to antituberculosis agents has recently received increased attention owing largely to the dramatic outbreaks of MDR-TB [ 1, 3].
Some may argue that the tobacco epidemic's insidiously slow onset and 'silence' in comparison with dramatic outbreaks of infectious diseases, such as AIDS and SARS, results in tobacco control not being given sufficient priority, prestige, or resources in public health planning and programmes.
This grouping suggested a dramatic rabies outbreak in dogs associated with the traditional laissez-faire dog-keeping practice.
The viral strains that were responsible for these epidemics, including the dramatic outbreak that occurred in the striped dolphin population of the Tyrrhenian Sea from January to April 2013, exhibited a marked genetic relatedness.
As chikungunya fever is known for its mysterious pattern of dramatic outbreaks interspersed by periods of prolonged absence, the introduction of this virus to an unexposed population has great public health importance.
The recent outbreak of the O104:H4 serotype of Escherichia coli in Germany was a dramatic illustration of all the consequences of a severe outbreak (European Commission 2011).
