Sentence examples for outbreak of rats from inspiring English sources

This increase was driven by a local outbreak of rats in the southern portion of the city where four alleys were sampled (Fig 1).

The nation's last urban outbreak of rat-associated plague occurred in Los Angeles between 1924 and 1925.

There were also reports of rats, fleas and lice, and an outbreak of scurvy in late December.

Eruptions of mouse populations in the absence of rats have been implicated in several outbreaks of murine typhus (1 ); however, these observations were not supported by laboratory data.

Scientists have warned of the possibility of an outbreak of bubonic plague in south-east Bangladesh because of the growing population of rats.

An awful lot of rats".

They do eat a lot of rats.

Only people get rid of rats.

I'm afraid of rats.

"I'm scared of rats".

SOME RELIEF After San Francisco's 1906 quake, officials responded to an outbreak of the bubonic plague by offering a bounty on rats.