1.   It is the first major outbreak for many years.

2.   And environmental restrictions that did not exist during past major outbreaks limit the treatment of the crickets until they spread from rangeland to cropland.

3.   Cryptosporidium is a parasite commonly found in rivers and lakes that has made its way into drinking water and caused at least seven major outbreaks in the United States.

4.   Eventually, the authors predict, no country will be immune to the disease, and major outbreaks could occur anywhere.

5.   Major outbreaks have occurred this fall in Georgia and Ohio, and diseased birds have been reported in Wisconsin and Illinois and near St. Louis.

6.   Major new outbreaks that hit the Netherlands and Belgium in June have now prompted regulatory clean-up moves that will cut deeply into farm income and exports.

7.   Most of the new cases in Oregon, however, are Group B meningitis, a form of the disease seldom associated with major U.S. outbreaks.

8.   Negotiations between the government and the rebels have stalled, but there have been no major outbreaks of fighting.

9.   Now Colwell is focusing on helping to prevent major outbreaks of cholera in poor communities with contaminated drinking water by using a filter fashioned of sari cloth.

10.   The disease is also endemic to tropical parts of Asia and Africa, but no major outbreaks have been reported there.