infection rates
Disease spread numbers
Infection rates measure how frequently a disease spreads through a population, typically expressed as new cases per unit of population over a given time period.
Public health officials track infection rates to monitor outbreaks and guide policy: The infection rate spiked after the holiday weekend.
A rising infection rate signals accelerating spread; a declining one suggests containment efforts are working.
- contagionDisease spread by contact
- community spreadDisease circulating locally, source unknown
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
spread · transmission · cases · surge · spike · second wave · mortality · hospitalization · incidence · prevalence · viral · bacterial · quarantine · social distancing · exposure · clusters · hotspot · superspreader
- public healthdisease prevention, immunization, disease control, health education, epidemiology
- African healthmalaria, HIV, cholera, tuberculosis, TB
- epidemiologyepidemic, epidemiology, pandemic, outbreak, endemic
- health datablood pressure, pulse, weight, height, BMI
- Infection Controlhand hygiene, handwashing, hand sanitizer, antiseptics, sterilizers
- health informaticsEHR, health records, medical imaging, lab results, treatment outcomes
infection ratesrecovery rates
Share who heal
survival rates · mortality rates · death rates · fatality rates · death tolls
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