Example Sentences

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She repeated concerns about a rise in outbreaks of infectious diseases, particularly diarrhoeal diseases.

From Reuters • Nov. 28, 2023

Cholera, which spreads through contaminated food and water, is an acute diarrhoeal infection that can be fatal if left untreated.

From Washington Post • Jun. 6, 2022

Fourteen had campylobacter, which the World Health Organization calls a top cause for diarrhoeal diseases in humans, and “the most common bacterial cause of human gastroenteritis in the world”.

From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2019

The economic costs of this ongoing failure to roll out proper sanitation are many and varied, from health care for diarrhoeal diseases to foregone revenue from hygiene-conscious tourists.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2017

During epidemics of typhoid fever, scarlet fever, diphtheria, or any form of diarrhoeal disease.

From The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses by Holt, L. Emmett