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| EPIDEMIC, PANDEMIC, ENDEMIC, OUTBREAK |
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| a disease that affects a large number of people within a community, population or region. |
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| an epidemic that’s spread over multiple countries or continents. |
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| something that belongs to a particular people or country. |
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| a greater-than-anticipated increase in number of endemic cases. |
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| an acute diarrheal infection of the intestine caused by Vibrio cholerae bacteria through eating or drinking contaminated food and water. |
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| Lymphatic Filariasis or Elephantiasis is caused by parasitic disease caused by microscopic thread-like worms classified as nematodes (roundworms) of the family Filariodidea. |
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| an acute viral respiratory illness characterized by a single stranded RNA virus and classified as a member of the genus Morbillivirus in the Paramyxoviridae family and considered humans as their only natural host. |
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| INDUSTRIAL EXPLOSIONS AND FIRES |
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| INDUSTRIAL EXPLOSIONS AND FIRES |
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| An industrial fire is a type of industrial disaster involving a conflagration which occurs in an industrial setting. Industrial fires often, but not always, occur together with explosions. They are most likely to occur in facilities where there is a lot of flammable material present. |
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| although hot work is commonly equated with welding and torch cutting, there are many other activities including brazing, burning, heating and soldering that pose a fire hazard. |
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| FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS AND GASES |
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| these fire often occur at chemical plants can be considered disastrous. |
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| Faulty equipment and machinery are also major causes of industrial fires. |
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| An accident taking place in any nuclear facility of the nuclear fuel cycle including the nuclear reactor, or in a facility using radioactive sources, leading to a large-scale release of radioactivity. |
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