Mysterious Outbreaks

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Across
  1. 7. An outbreak at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia; linked to contaminated air conditioning systems.
  2. 8. These spores were mailed to U.S. officials, causing 22 cases and 5 deaths.
  3. 9. A virus identified in the 1980s that weakens the immune system and can lead to a syndrome marked by life-threatening infections, transmitted through blood, bodily fluids, or childbirth.
  4. 10. A highly lethal virus originating in Africa, causing severe hemorrhagic fever.
Down
  1. 1. Caused by consuming infected cattle, leading to a variant in humans.
  2. 2. First outbreak in Germany and Yugoslavia from lab monkeys; causes severe hemorrhagic fever with high mortality.
  3. 3. A respiratory illness outbreak that emerged in 2009, initially linked to pigs
  4. 4. Linked to ritualistic cannibalism, causing neurodegenerative disease among the Fore people.
  5. 5. Spread across the Americas, linked to birth defects like microcephaly in babies born to infected mothers.
  6. 6. First identified in NYC, this mosquito-borne virus can cause encephalitis and fever.