Sentence examples for foreign disease from inspiring English sources

I realised there was a huge amount of ignorance; one official openly said China had no Aids and called it a foreign disease caused by decadent lifestyles.

The vast majority succumbed to foreign disease and many were slaughtered, died of slavery or starved to death after being kicked off their land.

She also observes that some people may be so subconsciously repelled by the idea of contracting a foreign disease that they seek to minimise their time and contact with surfaces in the public bathroom by skipping hand-washing altogether.

It is the first known transmission of a "foreign" disease to wildlife on the icy continent.

The denial was partly due to the fact that Ebola was a completely foreign disease.

Growing up in India, homosexuality was treated like a mysterious foreign disease.

Japan is also known for its paranoia of foreign diseases.

With the coming of the Europeans, many Native Americans died of foreign diseases or were driven westward.

Shortly thereafter a small number of European beachcombers settled on the island, bringing with them alcohol, firearms, and foreign diseases.

A new generation can then be kept in sterile conditions, to minimise the chance that nasty foreign diseases are brought back to Britain on the return journey.

Doctors at the New York State Department of Health say that a warmer weather pattern in the 21st century could make the region more hospitable to foreign diseases like the West Nile virus, which was first detected locally last year.