Sentence examples for devastating epidemic from inspiring English sources

MeN describes a devastating epidemic of chronic kidney disease of unknown origin predominantly observed among young male sugarcane cutters.

In the middle of the fourteenth century a devastating epidemic of plague, commonly known in European history as the "Black Death," swept over the Eurasian continent.

In the light of the book's story, centered on a devastating epidemic disease that was nearly eradicated by vaccines, it's worth revisiting my friend and colleague Michael Specter's book "Denialism," one chapter of which looks (askance) at the rejection of vaccines by many today who don't remember a world without them.

But, although the development of antiretroviral drugs has been very successful, an efficient vaccine is still needed to confront and finally knock down the devastating epidemic.

Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious, economically devastating epidemic disease of cloven-hoofed animals, affecting up to 70 domesticated and wild species. 1 The etiological agent, foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV), is a nonenveloped ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus belonging to the Aphthovirus genus within the family Picornaviridae.

It has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history.

Devastating epidemics of the disease were recorded by many medieval and modern writers.

There were boom and bust economic cycles, devastating epidemics and natural disasters that came without warning.

Every year, improper garbage disposal contributes to devastating epidemics of mosquito-borne malaria, yellow fever and other potentially fatal diseases.

Many of them were from the great plague, which was the last of centuries of devastating epidemics to have ravaged the crowded city.

That, in addition to masks, education on personal hygiene and contingency plans, can essentially eliminate what could otherwise be devastating epidemics caused by contagious bioagents.