Disease outbreak definition

Disease outbreak means the occurrence of cases of communicable disease connected with the same source of infection or spread factor in excess of what would normally be expected within a certain period.
Disease outbreak means the sudden and rapid increase in the number of cases of a disease or other condition of public health importance in a population.
Disease outbreak means a significant or notable increase in the number of cases of a disease or other condition of public health importance.

Examples of Disease outbreak in a sentence

  • Disease outbreak that spreads across countries or continents occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population.

  • The Commission considered progress to date on each of the four new draft chapters (Chapter 4.X. Emergency disease preparedness, Chapter 4.Y. Disease outbreak management, Chapter 5.X. Ornamental aquatic animals, Chapter 5.Y. Trade of Genetic Materials) and agreed to continue to progress work on all four chapters with the intent to present the four draft new chapters for comment in its September 2023 report.

  • The region reached 34 million international visitors in 2012 (World Bank, 2013), however, in 2014 international tourist numbers rise by 3% despite the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in a few West African countries (WTO,2014).

  • On March 13, 2020, the President issued a proclamation declaring a federal public health emergency concerning the Coronavirus Disease outbreak (COVID-19).

  • Disease outbreak detection system using syndromic data in the greater Washington DC area.


More Definitions of Disease outbreak

Disease outbreak means a significant or notable increase in the number of cases of a dis-
Disease outbreak means a signif- icant or notable increase in the number of cases of a disease or other condition of pub- lic health importance.
Disease outbreak means an outbreak of viral pathogens with a primary zoonotic reservoir or an outbreak due to deliberate or accidental release of pathogens previously eliminated from the human population, which in accordance with criteria acceptable to the Association pose a significant threat of spreading within a country or across countries, with potential to cause a large-scale regional epidemic or a global pandemic.
Disease outbreak means a significant or notable increase in the
Disease outbreak means an outbreak of viral pathogens with a primary zoonotic reservoir or an outbreak due to deliberate or accidental release of pathogens previously eliminated from the human population, which in accordance with criteria acceptable to the Association poses a significant threat of spreading within
Disease outbreak means the occurrence of cases of
Disease outbreak means the occurrence of cases of communicable disease connected with the same source of infection or spread factor in excess of what would normally be expected within a certain period. [RT I 2009, 49, 331 – entry into force 01.01.2010]