disease outbreak
Contagion goes viral
A disease outbreak is a sudden increase in cases of an illness within a population, area, or time period beyond what's normally expected.
Outbreaks can be localized—a salmonella outbreak at a single restaurant—or widespread across regions.
Public health officials investigate outbreaks to identify sources and contain spread: The outbreak was traced to contaminated lettuce.
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- contact tracingTracking disease spread connections
- contact tracerTracks infection pathways
- vaccinationAdministered immunity booster
flatten the curve · hospital surge · patient zero · wet market · pathogens · superspreader · zoonosis · community spread · mortality rate · psychological effects · case fatality rate · social stigma · vectors · surveillance systems · emergency preparedness · isolation protocols · social distancing · economic disruption
- global healthpandemic, World Health Organization, medications, pandemics, epidemic
- Health Threatsepidemic, pandemic, virus, epidemics, pandemics
- public healthimmunization, health education, epidemiology, community health, health policy
- global challengesclimate change, global warming, pollution, extinction, deforestation
- global issuesclimate change, water scarcity, inequality, pandemics, poverty
- health alertspandemic alert, health emergency, quarantine order, food recall, drug recall
disease outbreakdisease eradication
Permanent global elimination of pathogens
containment · clean bill of health · public health · herd immunity · epidemic control
disease outbreakpublic health
Community-level disease prevention
recovery · abatement · wellness · convalescence · healing