In the case of Surat, the trigger was, of all things, an outbreak of the plague in 1994.
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Civil and Environmental Engineering department looked at the 40 largest U.S. airports and figured out which ones would be the most likely to spread a disease in the event of an outbreak in the cities they serve.
"In exactly the same way that a GP might pick up the first signs of an outbreak of bird flu etc, so the plant doctors can be there on the ground to pick up the first signs of a new pest, or something that has not been picked up previously, " Dr Nicholls explained.
In Japan during the late 1960s, an outbreak of the "itai itai" disease, or "ouch, ouch" disease, was traced back to cadmium after it poisoned people and softened their bones.
The World Health Organization has built an arial walkway high up in the rainforest of Ivory Coast close to the site of an ebola outbreak in chimpanzees four years ago.
Shanghai, one of the cities hit hardest by an outbreak of H7N9 in China this spring, will end its emergency response measures following the absence of new cases in the past 20 days, the state-published Shanghai Daily reported today.
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The Meningitis Trust was formed in 1985 after a group of parents got together following an outbreak of the disease in Stroud and Stonehouse.
He has barely started to read when news arrives that the hotel is suffering an outbreak of Legionnaire's Disease and the lecture must be abandoned.
Investigators trying to pinpoint the cause of the outbreak have been conducting tests in and around animal pens in an attempt to identify the source of the bug.
Speaking at a news conference in Belfast, she said she was concerned about the confirmation of an outbreak in County Louth.
The Bulls hadn't even fully recovered from an outbreak of the flu (although coach Tom Thibodeau insisted his players were "fine") and yet the Nets never led in Game 7 the final contest of their first season in Brooklyn, and perhaps the end of Carlesimo's tenure with the team.
One of two wards at Dumfries Infirmary affected by an outbreak of the norovirus sickness bug remains closed to new admissions.
In 2011, Clarrie played a key role in The Archers' 60th anniversary year when she was found to be responsible for an outbreak of the bacterium E.coli.
The outbreak is of fungal meningitis, an inflammation in the brain or central nervous system.
The exact source of an outbreak of salmonella at a Newcastle food festival may never be identified, health officials have said.
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) report said a hot tub on show at JTF Warehouse in Stoke-on-Trent was the probable source of an outbreak in 2012.
In Japan during the late 1960s, an outbreak of itai-itai disease, or "ouch, ouch" disease, was traced back to cadmium after it poisoned people and softened their bones.
The riots that began in London on August 6th last year, soon spreading to Birmingham and other cities, seemed at the time to be an outbreak of mass lunacy.
Mr Law said he called the hospital the following day but was told by staff he could not visit because they were struggling with an outbreak of the norovirus vomiting bug.
With all the bad economic news coming out of the US in the past few days, should we be worried that an outbreak of fiscal austerity is about to make things even worse?
According to some respected observers of English soccer, the country's prospects of avoiding an outbreak of collective panic Tuesday are likely to hinge on Wayne Rooney.
Twenty years after the global outbreak of AIDS, no one has developed an effective vaccine against the HIV virus, a far more cunning foe than polio, smallpox or measles.
Relatives and friends of patients are being advised not to visit the wards at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in an effort to stop the outbreak spreading.
To get an idea of how big an outbreak that is, consider that in the 2006 U.S. outbreak of E. coli spread by bagged spinach, only three people died and 276 were made sick.
The Health Protection Agency said a review of how an on-going TB outbreak in London had been managed supported the need for early identification of cases and completing treatment courses.
The Kenosha County Health Department closed the restaurant on July 13 to investigate an outbreak of "at least 30 confirmed Salmonella enteritidis illnesses... including the plaintiff's, " according to the complaint.
All of the hunt's rides are currently suspended following an outbreak of equine herpes.
Within hours thousands of news services have been marking the geography of death and illness, pointing to an usually aggressive outbreak of what appears to be a rampant strain of E. coli.
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The fatal disease was blamed for the deaths of 150 people in Britain, where there was an outbreak in the 1980s and 1990s.
The fatal brain disease was blamed for the deaths of 150 people in Britain, where there was an outbreak in the 1980s and 1990s.
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