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As human civilizations flourished, so did infectious disease. Large numbers of people living in close proximity to each other and to animals, often with poor sanitation and nutrition, provided fertile breeding grounds for disease. And new overseas trading routes spread the novel infections far and wide, creating the first global pandemics. Here's how five of the world's worst pandemics finally ended.
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- Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)