Sentence examples for outbreak overwhelmed from inspiring English sources

The highly pathogenic porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (HPPRRSV) in China was first reported in 2006; the outbreak overwhelmed ten provinces (including autonomous cities or regions) with more than 2,000,000 infected pig within the first four months [ 1].

In Liberia and Sierra Leone, the outbreak overwhelmed health services, and the horror of bodies in the streets jolted people into changing their behaviour to stop the spread.

The outbreak overwhelmed >10 provinces in southern China, and >1,000,000 piglets died.

Already, the Ebola outbreak has overwhelmed national health services in West Africa, and the United Nations has appealed for more international aid to stem the crisis.

The mayor of Toamasina, Elysee Ratsiraka, said last week that the outbreak had overwhelmed the state and called on the government to seek more international help.

Controlling dengue outbreaks is resource intensive and large outbreaks may overwhelm even well established and efficient control mechanisms [ 7].

A major city could quickly be overrun by a disease in which one out of three people would die.It would not take many such outbreaks to overwhelm the country's medical system.

Failure to do so can lead to outbreaks that overwhelm public health resources.

Past influenza outbreaks have shown that limited healthcare resources may be rapidly overwhelmed during an outbreak (1, 2 ).

In the 19th century, Galveston itself, then a thriving commercial center, was regularly overwhelmed by outbreaks of yellow fever -- one of the viral diseases that brings a certain sparkle to Dr. Peters's eyes.

excels at sending small teams to focused outbreaks like a village overwhelmed by Ebola, it fumbled even simple aspects of a prolonged effort, like food, lodging and child care for its staff.