Those with recruits drawn from the sparsely settled states had far more epidemics (of mumps, measles, lobar pneumonia, meningococcal meningitis, and scarlet fever) than camps (often situated nearby) with city-bred recruits (Love and Davenport, 1919).
We calculated the probability that one (or more) epidemics of dengue fever could occur, defining regions to be 'at risk' of dengue where the model indicated a greater than 50% probability of transmission.
In recent years, rice false smut has become more epidemic in areas of Asia, America, and Europe, where new hybrid varieties were widely planted, highly efficient cultivation methods were adopted, and chemical fertilizers were extensively used [ 7– 11].
In the United States, however, it seemed more an epidemic of nervousness than of illness, as it was in California when no one on the jet was found to have the disease.
Officials have poured resources into tackling the more visible epidemic of excessive weight gain.
While a focus on sexual violence perpetrated by armed forces remains important, the much more common epidemic of violence perpetrated by intimate partners and community members against women must also be addressed, particularly given that this violence presents risks not only for the affected women but for the development and maintenance of their communities and the world as a whole.
Because 14 patients died of HEV infection during this epidemic, more preparedness for epidemics of waterborne diseases is required to minimize unnecessary illnesses and deaths.
More recently, new epidemics of stem rust caused by a different race of Pgt have been reported in Germany and Ethiopia (2013 2014; http://rusttracker.cimmyt.org/?page_id=40) reiterating the need to identify new resistance genes against rust pathogens, and to understand the mechanism of resistance, which may lead to development of novel strategies for crop protection.
Nevertheless, a more complete understanding of the evolution and epidemiology of dengue viruses, particularly with respect to predicting epidemics of more severe disease, requires large-scale prospective studies that compare phenotypic expression with genetic changes in the viruses (18, 19).
In the early aftermath of the earthquake, the more likely threats were epidemics of measles and diphtheria, so the focus was on vaccines against those diseases, said Donna Eberwine-Villagr? a spokeswoman for the Pan American Health Organization.
More recently however, large epidemics of CTX-M producing K. pneumoniae have also been reported [ 3- 5].
