Sentence examples for viral epidemic from inspiring English sources

As for a viral epidemic you have to isolate those who've got it and stop them passing it on.

After sporadic cases through the 1970s, the viral epidemic was first reported in New York City and California.

Wading into a mysterious viral epidemic, Mrs. Peabody — figuratively, at least — rolled up her sleeves.

"There's speculation that a previous viral epidemic was highly lethal and those who survived had this natural variation that caused the defect in the CCR5.

From now on, I don't think there is going to be any new viral epidemic that we will not be able to identify within a few days.

Though there is no known case of biological warfare in the past 100 years, many countries have experimented with the idea; and there is concern that some terrorist groups, motivated not by specific political grievances but by a general hatred of the West, might unleash the uncontrollable mayhem of a viral epidemic purely out of spite.

"And with viral epidemics we are beginning to know what the risks are.

I recently began a Daily Comment about the growing threat of viral epidemics with one of modern medicine's more famous quotes.

That knowledge led to huge victories in battles against viral epidemics -- notably a 1974 meningitis outbreak in Brazil that killed 4,000 people in its first few weeks.

Viral epidemics like this one are not just the result of human encroachment on the jungles of Uganda, or of teams of travelling canoeists from the South Pacific, or even, simply, of globalization.

The rapidity with which the rage virus is transmitted does, however, permit a story line that has both a superficially reassuring ending and a disturbing significance with respect to actual viral epidemics caused by AIDS and SARS.