He explained the yellow fever epidemic as a providential act to discourage urban growth.

他对黄热病疫情对城市化进程的阻碍为一种巧合做出了解释。

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Today, doctors are fearing a worldwide epidemic.

如今，医生们在担心一次世界性的流行。

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A new epidemic called SARS is threatening us right now.

一种叫做 SARS 的新流行病正威胁着我们。

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Growing fears of a flu epidemic across the Arab world is prompting Arab health ministers to restrict participation in this year's annual Hajj.

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To others,they are enemies of the public health in a time of what the World Health Organization calls a "global obesity epidemic."

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Health officials had been preparing for a flu epidemic for years, but viruses do not follow a plan.

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Mugabe's government has declared the cholera epidemic a national emergency and called on international organizations for help.

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In 2001, with U.S. leadership, the United Nations Security Council declared the AIDS epidemic a security issue.

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The infections are nonetheless reviving fears among the public of an epidemic a decade after a devastating outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, which crippled tourism in China and Hong Kong.

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