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Disease Outbreaks

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Definition: Sudden increase in the incidence of a disease. The concept includes EPIDEMICS and PANDEMICS.  coordinate IM with specific disease / epidemiol (IM) & specify geographic location if pertinent; differentiate from EPIDEMICS, follow terminology in text   
See Also Communicable Diseases
Examples Epidemics 		Other names Outbreaks; Outbreaks, Infectious Disease; Outbreaks, Disease; Outbreak, Infectious Disease; Outbreak, Disease; Infectious Disease Outbreak; Disease Outbreaks, Infectious; Disease Outbreak, Infectious; Disease Outbreak; Infectious Disease Outbreaks

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