Name the Outbreak of Disease

Given the year, principal location, and most notable symptoms, name the disease of each outbreak. Some of the diseases have had multiple outbreaks and locations. The ones listed are the most well-known.
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Year
Location
Symptoms
Disease
2015-16
Brazil
Birth defect microcephaly
Zika
1952
United States
Paralysis
Polio
1340-1400
Europe
Swollen lymph nodes, sometimes as large as chicken eggs, in the groin, armpit, or neck
Bubonic Plague
1854
United Kingdom
Diarrhea, dehydration
Cholera
2014
Western Africa
Internal bleeding, vomiting or coughing up blood
Ebola
541 AD
Eastern Roman Empire
Swollen lymph nodes, necrosis of the hands
Plague of Justinian
2009
Mexico, United States
Fever, cough, sore throat, chills, body aches
Swine Flu
1793
United States (Philadelphia)
Fever, headache, nausea, vomiting
Yellow Fever
165-180 AD
Middle East, Roman Empire
Fever, diarrhea, pharyngitis, skin eruption
Antonine Plague
1633-34
United States (New England)
Virus-filled sores on the skin
Smallpox
1918
United States
Fever, chills, muscle aches, cough, etc.
Spanish Flu
1600s
Europe
Fever, cough, headache, abdominal pain, etc.
Typhus
Tens of thousands of years ago-today
Sub-Saharan Africa (Today)
Chills, fever, sweating
Malaria
1981-present
Worldwide
Immune deficiency
AIDS
17th-19th century
Europe
Cough (sometimes with blood), weight loss, night sweats, fever
Tuberculosis
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