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Disease
Incident     Year month date place country type type 2 file file no.

Salmonella outbreak

1970

August

2nd

Nursing Home, Baltimore

America

Disease

Salmonella

No

Cardex

Influenza: 30 dead

1975

January

St.Petersburg,Florida

America

Disease

Inlfuenza

No

Cardex

Encephalitis: 47 dead

1975

Summer

fifteen states

America

Disease

Mosquitoes

No

Cardex

Unidentifiable disease

1976

July

(late)

Philadelphia

America

Disease

Flu-like

No

Cardex

Listeria Monocytogires: 62 dead

1985

June

California & Texas

America

Disease

Cheese

No

Cardex

St.LouisEncephalitis:3dead ill:57

1999

September

Early

New York

America

Disease

Mosquitoes

Yes

542

Smallpox: 31 dead

1975

March

(late)

Dinajpur

Bangladesh

Disease

Smallpox

No

Cardex

Cholera outbreak

1977

September

Bangladesh

Disease

Dirty Water/food

No

Cardex

Outbreak of Cholera:75d

1982

Sept/Oct

Late/early

North & eastern

Bangladesh

Disease

Cholera

No

Cardex

Dysentery epidemic

1984

May

Bangladesh

Disease

Dysentery

No

Cardex

Yellow Fever kills: 120

1989

May

(mid)

central jungles

Bolivia

Disease

Yellow Fever

No

Cardex

Fast spreading virus

1984

May

(early-mid)

Feira de Santana

Brazil

Disease

Unknown virus

No

Cardex

Gastroenteritis kills 22

1979

November

Dominican Rep.

Disease

Hurricane David

No

Cardex

Dengue Fever kills 60

1977

October

Near Cairo

Egypt

Disease

Mosquito

No

Cardex

Black Death

1479

All of England

England

Disease

Plague

No

(B)Cardex

Sweating Sickness

1551

December

Throughout the country

England

Disease

Sickness

No

(B)Cardex

Black Death: 20,000+ dead

1563

Throughout the country

England

Disease

Plague

No

(B)Cardex

Great Plague of London:68,000+dd

1664

-1665

London

England

Disease

Plague

No

Cardex

Shocking case of Hydrophobia

1830

May

13th

St.Thomas Hosp.London

England

Disease

Bitten by rabid cat

Yes

598

Cholera Epidemic: thousands dead

1848

1849 Nov

British Isles

England

Disease

Polluted water

No

(B)Cardex

Smallpox epidemic:1189 dead

1888

Sheffield

England

Disease

Smallpox

Yes

621

Influenza Epidemic

1900

January

9th

Nationwide

England

Disease

Influenza

No

(B)Cardex

Influenza Epidemic

1918

London

England

Disease

Influenza

No

Cardex

Hong Kong Flu

1970

January

9th

Britain

England

Disease

Influenza

No

(B)Cardex

Salmonella outbreak: 26dd Inj:16

1984

August

Wakefield Hospital

England

Disease

Heat

No

Cardex

Nursing Home:15dd affected:69

1985

September

Extendicare, London

England

Disease

E.Coli

No

Cardex

E.Coli 0157 Bacterium

1999

March

2nd

Cockermouth, Cumbria

England

Disease

Milk

Yes

(Video)454

Cholera Epidemic

1832

Feb/March

6th/15th

London &Ireland

England & Ireland

Disease

Polluted Water

No

(B)Cardex

Meningitis Kills: 20400

1989

April

(late)

Ethiopia/Sudan

Disease

Meningitis

No

Cardex

Black Death/Bubonic:25million dead

1347

-1350

Europe

Disease

Plague

No

Cardex

Outbreak of Meningitis

1984

February

Northeast of Ghana

Ghana

Disease

Meningitis

No

Cardex

Cholera infected colony

1986

August

(early)

Hong Kong

Disease

Cholera

No

Cardex

Cholera: 50+ dead

1975

August

(late)

Bihar

India

Disease

Floods

No

Cardex

Cholera kills 100

1979

July

(early)

Rajasthan state

India

Disease

Cholera/heat

No

Cardex

Cholera kills 215

1979

August

(early)

Bihar

India

Disease

Cholera

No

Cardex

Encephalitis kills 118

1982

October

(early)

West Bengal

India

Disease

Encephalitis

No

Cardex

Dysentery epidemic

1984

Feb/June

Four Indian states

India

Disease

Dysentery

No

Cardex

Meningitis kills 55

1986

March

(mid)

New Delhi

India

Disease

Meningitis

No

Cardex

Cholera & gastroenteritis

1988

July

India

Disease

Monsoon rains

No

Cardex

Pneumonic plague: 50 dead

1994

September

Maharashtra & Gujarat

India

Disease

Rats/Humans

No

Cardex

Dengue Fever kills 60

1996

Sept/Oct

Late/early

New Delhi

India

Disease

Mosquitoes

No

Cardex

Cholera outbreak

1977

January

(early)

Sumbawa

Indonesia

Disease

Cholera

No

Cardex

Cholera outbreak

1977

August

(early)

Jakarta

Indonesia

Disease

Dirty Water/food

No

Cardex

Malnutrition kills: 11

1979

December

(early)

West Java

Indonesia

Disease

Cholera

No

Cardex

Cholera kills 10

1981

August

(early)

Banda

Indonesia

Disease

Outbreak

No

Cardex

Cholera & Dengue Fever:

1982

October

Indonesia

Disease

Unclean water

No

Cardex

Cholera outbreak:39dd

1982

October

(late)

Banyumas, Java

Indonesia

Disease

Unclean water

No

Cardex

Cholera kills 59

1986

August

(early)

West Sumatra

Indonesia

Disease

Cholera

No

Cardex

Influenza

1803

January

Throughout Ireland

Ireland

Disease

Influenza

No

(B)Cardex

Disease on HMS Hercules:40dd

1853

January

20th

Cork

Ireland

Disease

Smallpox

No

(B)Cardex

Mystery disease:60dead

1979

February

Naples

Italy

Disease

Brain/respiratory

No

Cardex

Cholera: 200 dead

1975

January

Kisumu

Kenya

Disease

Cholera

No

Cardex

Yellow Fever kills 500+

1993

February

(early)

Rift Valley

Kenya

Disease

Yellow Fever

No

Cardex

Cholera outbreak

1977

Aug-Sept

Middle East

Middle East

Disease

Dirty Water/food

No

Cardex

Cholera epidemic: 400+ dead

1997/98

Aug-Feb

Maputo

Mozambique

Disease

Poor sanitation

No

Cardex

Gastroenteritis: 13 children died

1985

July

DipayalPanchayatInNepal

Nepal

Disease

Gastroenteritis

No

Cardex

Cholera: 30 dead

1975

November

(early)

Ishiagu

Nigeria

Disease

Cholera

No

Cardex

Cerebrospinal Meningitis

1986

March

(mid)

Bauchi State

Nigeria

Disease

Meningitis

No

Cardex

Yellow Fever kills 500

1986

November

(late)

Eastern Nigeria

Nigeria

Disease

Yellow Fever

No

Cardex

Influenza: 400 dead

1975

Aug-October

Papua NewGuinea

Disease

Influenza

No

Cardex

Yellow fever epidemic

1977

May

14th

Peru

Disease

Yellow fever

No

Cardex

Poliomyelitis kills:25-37

1977

January

3rd

Bantayan Island

Philippines

Disease

Poliomyelitis

No

Cardex

Cholera hits town: 420+dead

1832

Sept-Nov

Dumfries

Scotland

Disease

Asiatic Cholera

No

(B)Cardex

Cholera Epidemic:1500+ dead

1985

March/April

Refugee camp Gannet

Somalia

Disease

Cholera

No

Cardex

Cholera kills 1,000

1986

April

(late)

Somalia

Disease

Cholera

No

Cardex

Rabies fatally infects 50

1977

March

7th

Dar es Salaam

Tanzania

Disease

Stray dogs

No

Cardex

Cholera outbreak

1977

Nov-Dec

Tanzania

Disease

Dirty Water/food

No

Cardex

Cholera kills 31

1997

March-June

Zanzibar

Tanzania

Disease

Unknown

No

Cardex

Bubonic Plague:10,000 dd in 1 day

542

AD

Constantinople

Turkey

Disease

Plague

No

Cardex

Smallpox Epidemic

1962

January

11th

United Kingdom

Disease

Smallpox

No

Cardex

Influenza Pandemic:20million dead

1918

-1919

World Wide

Disease

Inluenza

Yes

Video

The Ebola Virus: 245 dead

1995

Jan-July

Kikwit

Zaire

Disease

Infected patient

Yes

680

Measles epidemic:51dd

1982

July

10th

Mwinilunga

Zambia

Disease

Measles

No

Cardex

 

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