typhoid epidemic

collocation in English

meaningsoftyphoid feverandepidemic

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typhoid-fever
noun[U]
uk
/ˌtaɪ.fɔɪd ˈfiː.vər/us
/ˌtaɪ.fɔɪd ˈfiː.vɚ/
an infectious disease spread by dirty water and food, causing a high body temperature, red spots on the upper body, severe pains in the bowels, and ...
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epidemic
noun
uk
/ˌep.ɪˈdem.ɪk/us
/ˌep.əˈdem.ɪk/
the appearance of a particular disease in a large number of people at the ...
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(Definition oftyphoid-feverandepidemicfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The reason goes back some years in that there was a very serioustyphoidepidemicwhich was traced to such a tank.
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Suppose there were atyphoidepidemicand it were believed that the typhoid was being spread in this way.
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We had atyphoidepidemic.
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As their march passed through the region of atyphoidepidemic, people contracted the disease and died afterward on a daily basis.
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It provided volunteer nurses during thetyphoidepidemicof 1925.
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The building was used as a hospital in 1885 when thetyphoidepidemicvisited that town and scores of people died of the malady...
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This was about three weeks before thetyphoidepidemicbroke out.
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With so much of the population decimated by thetyphoidepidemic, the school went under in 1889.
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In 1847 this pit was reopened to cater for the victims of atyphoidepidemic.
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With starvation rampant, disease soon festered, and cholera and typhoid epidemics added to the already high fatalities.
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At first, a tent city was established, but further smallpox outbreaks and atyphoidepidemicconvinced the government to build a permanent hospital here to treat infectious diseases.
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Pontotoc fell victim to atyphoidepidemicin 1887, in such severity that it caused the establishment of a second cemetery to serve the needs.
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A start must be made before the rains come, bringing the threat of major cholera and typhoid epidemics.
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It helped quell typhoid epidemics and other communicable diseases throughout the city.
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The area had severe health problems, with constant bouts of typhoid epidemics, influenza, measles and whooping cough.
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Harsh conditions, malnutrition, maltreatment and recurring typhoid epidemics led to many deaths among the prisoners.
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There were several typhoid epidemics during the late 19th century due to poor water quality further downstream.
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Several typhoid epidemics have occurred since 1991.
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