Sentences with phrase «trigger outbreaks of diseases»

New York Magazine reported on the issue in its February 2015 edition, noting that widespread vaccine avoidance can trigger outbreaks of diseases that were once thought to be under control, such as distemper.

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Other viral diseases spread by the same mosquitoes — including dengue and chikungunya — that have caused massive epidemics south of the U.S. border have triggered only small outbreaks in the United States.
Researchers do not yet know whether the virus is the sole trigger of the disease or whether it has an accomplice, but they agree it is a primary cause of the outbreak.
Cities throughout Asia that have purged street dogs have repeatedly suffered the consequences of leaving the dogs» ecological niche open to invasion by rats, as triggered the plague outbreak of 1994 in Surat, India, or monkeys, street pigs, or other animals who carry diseases as deadly as rabies but harder to eradicate.
Freak weather patterns will not only affect agricultural output and food security, but will also lead to water shortages and trigger outbreaks of water and mosquito - borne diseases such as diarrhea and malaria in many developing nations.
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