51.   Car theft in Israel has reached epidemic proportions.

52.   Car theft has also reached epidemic proportions.

53.   Dengue fever, the mosquito-borne, energy-sapping illness that is hitting this U.S. commonwealth in epidemic proportions, has temporarily felled All-Star catcher Ivan Rodriguez.

54.   Diseases that affect the liver include hepatitis, which comes in various strains and appears in epidemic proportions in the U.S.

55.   Ebola is unlikely to reach epidemic proportions because of improved precautions, he said.

56.   Europeans fear the disease, which is infectious and incubates for years without symptoms, could reach epidemic proportions unless a cure is found.

57.   Even if the virus is Ebola, improved precautions and medical procedures mean it is unlikely to reach epidemic proportions, they said.

58.   In December, the WHO said cholera had reached epidemic proportions in East Africa.

59.   It has previously reached epidemic proportions among terns in South Africa and geese and chickens on the mainland.

60.   Multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis is reaching epidemic proportions in the New York metropolitan area.