Sentence examples for current epizootic from inspiring English sources

Given that similar, though lesser, outbreaks have occurred in the past, the current epizootic could be perfectly natural, nothing more than a particularly dangerous strain of a virus.

However, in the current epizootic, younger animals were apparently more severely affected by the disease.

Of those 29 strains, 13 were isolated during the 1970s epizootic, and the remainder were isolated during the current epizootic.

The current epizootic therefore appears to be the result of introduction of a southern EEEV strain similar to FL02b in 2003.

However, in 2003, EEEV activity increased across New York with the emergence of the current epizootic (2003 2007) in the Onondaga and Oswego Counties region.

By June 19 , 2007 the current epizootic of influenza A virus (H5N1) had caused 317 human cases in 12 countries, including 7 patients in Cambodia, all of whom died (1 ).

In fact, it has been argued that ND may represent a bigger drain on the world economy than any other animal viral disease (Alexander, 2003), although the current epizootics of H5N1 avian influenza in Southeast Asia are challenging (if not surpassing) this status.

The most dramatic example of this increased volatility is the current financial epizootic, which in the course of the past year has struck East Asia, Russia, and threatened Latin America, shattering the so-called Asian economic miracle and leaving tens of millions of people unemployed.

Strains collected from the current (2003 2005) epizootic were sequenced from primary field-derived material when possible.

Continued surveillance and testing for H5N1 is warranted, given the current H5N1 epizootic, the ongoing occurrence of human H5N1 cases globally, and the importance of identifying influenza A viruses with pandemic potential in the United States as early as possible.

Educational efforts were initiated by Coconino County during the current and previous epizootics (6 ).