Outbreak is a term used in epidemiology to describe an occurrence of disease greater than would otherwise be expected at a particular time and place. It may affect a small and localized group or impact upon thousands of people across an entire continent. Two linked cases of a rare infectious disease may be sufficient to constitute an outbreak. Outbreaks may also refer to epidemics, which affect a region in a country or a group of countries, or pandemics, which describe global disease outbreaks.
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Here’s where scientists think the next epidemic is most likely to start
Viruses jumping from animals to humans have been the starting point of numerous outbreaks, from Ebola to Zika. Given the ...
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Is COVID-19 becoming milder? Here’s everything we know so far
In early January, the first genome sequence of Sars-CoV-2 – the virus that causes COVID-19 – was released under the moniker ...
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This AI spots local COVID-19 outbreaks before they've spun out of control
A new machine learning-based tool identifies potential COVID-19 outbreaks in different US counties by estimating how long ...
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AI model predicts the coronavirus pandemic will end in December
Data scientists have attempted to answer the question on everyone's mind: When will the COVID-19 pandemic end?
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Coronavirus: Is this the moment of maximum risk?
It seems that the UK is over the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak in terms of both cases and numbers. Many other countries are ...
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Daily Distraction: Look after your mental health with these free resources
The coronavirus pandemic has caused rare circumstances where most of us are stuck inside our houses. These are testing times ...
