Statistics for Diseases named after Places

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Disease Name	Place of Origin	Country	% Correct
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever	Rocky Mountains	United States	72%
Heartland Virus	St. Joseph	United States	61%
Lyme Disease	Old Lyme	United States	61%
Valley Fever	San Joachim Valley	United States	59%
Marburg Virus	Marburg	Germany	56%
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome	Middle East	Saudi Arabia	52%
Ebola Virus	Ebola River	Democratic Republic of the Congo	47%
Norovirus	Norwalk	United States	42%
Bornholm Disease	Bornholm Island	Denmark	27%
West Nile Fever	Nile River	Uganda	27%
Lassa Fever	Lassa	Nigeria	25%
Rift Valley Fever	Rift Valley	Kenya	23%
Zika Virus	Zika Forest	Uganda	13%
Nipah Virus	Sungai Nipah	Malaysia	6%
Junin Virus	Junin	Argentina	3%