As a result, Great Andamanese individuals were exposedtoinfectious diseases against which theyhad no defense, includinginfluenza, tuberculosis, measlesandsyphilis.
He added that no other outbreak of serious or infectious diseases among pilgrims occurred.
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The government of Changsha in Hunan has reassured worried residents that noinfectiousdiseases have been discovered in the pig carcasses in Liuyang river, Global Times reports.
Unlike other major causes of preventable death and disability, such as tobacco use, injuries, and infectiousdiseases, there are no exemplar populations in which the obesity epidemic has been reversed by public health measures.