Hospitals were already fully extended because of the epidemic.

这场流行病已使各医院以最大负荷运转。

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Health officials have successfully confined the epidemic to the Tabatinga area.

卫生官员们已经成功地将该传染病控制在塔巴廷加地区。

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Because of the epidemic, Wuhan had been locked down.

因为疫情，武汉被封锁了。

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The epidemic might have been even worse had it not been for the father of the actress Glenn Close.

VOA: special.2009.02.23

The epidemic simply migrates from one part of the world to another."

如果流行就是简单地,从世界上的一个地方到另一个地方

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Tuesday was World AIDS Day, and the latest report on the epidemic provided some reason to celebrate.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

Sex between old men and young women is a crucial factor in the spread of the epidemic.

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These astronomical drug profits serve as another disincentive for industry and shareholders to stop the epidemic.

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Pfizer says those results were "remarkable, " given that the epidemic killed 10% of those infected.

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