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For other uses, see Outbreak (disambiguation).

Outbreak is a classification used in epidemiology to describe a small, localised epidemic, often contained to a village or a small town, while the term epidemic means that the disease affects a region in a country or a group of countries. The term pandemic, finally, is used to describe a global epidemic.

[edit] Types

• Common source (Point source)
• Propagated
• Continuous source
• Zoonotic

[edit] External links

• List of outbreaks in GIDEON