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MeSH Heading: Disease Outbreaks
Tree Number(s): N06.850.290
Unique ID: D004196
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004196
Annotation: coordinate IM with specific disease / epidemiol (IM) & specify geographic location if pertinent; differentiate from EPIDEMICS, follow terminology in text
Scope Note: Sudden increase in the incidence of a disease. The concept includes EPIDEMICS and PANDEMICS.
Entry Version: DIS OUTBREAKS
Entry Term(s): Infectious Disease Outbreaks; Outbreaks
See Also: Communicable Diseases
Public MeSH Note: 68
History Note: 68(66)
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2010/06/25

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

prevention & control (PC)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

veterinary (VE)

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