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He urged poultry farmers to review their bio-security measures to prevent further outbreaks.

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Such figures prompted the country's minister for health and medical services to declare an HIV outbreak in January.

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The clashes, in July, marked the latest outbreak of sectarian violence in Syria since Assad's overthrow.

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Coco & Carmen has temporarily closed while an investigation into the cause of the suspected outbreak continues.

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Earlier this year, a sudden outbreak of botulism across England left dozens of young women in hospital, some partially paralysed, after being injected with black-market Korean toxin sold by beauticians as a Botox-style treatment.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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