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Massive outbreaks of the Colorado potato beetle in the 1860s led to the first large-scale use of insecticides in agriculture.
During the last decades, massive outbreaks of network viruses have caused enormous financial losses.
Additionally, the massive outbreaks of biotic pests like the forest cockchafer (Melolontha hippocastani), the European oak leafroller (Tortrix viridana) and the gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) have in part led to a total destruction of forests in some areas.
Flu scientists argue that such studies are needed to better gauge pandemic risks—in this case, from H5N1, which has caused massive outbreaks in poultry and wild birds in Asia, Africa, and Europe since 2003.
Barrera still maintains that the mainland US is not very susceptible to massive outbreaks.
Take a look at 10 of the world's infectious diseases, many of which sparked massive outbreaks in recent years.
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While the war in Syria persists, while Isis exists – indeed, until there is a massive outbreak of unprecedented peace – certain facts will remain unarguable.
To make matters worse, a massive outbreak of scabies has resulted from the water shortage: the health service has no water to wash bedclothes or flush toilets.
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