In epidemiology, an outbreak is a sudden increase in occurrences of a disease when cases are in excess of normal expectancy for the location or season...

the year, it is more common in the summer and autumn. The disease is named after the outbreak where it was first identified, at a 1976 American Legion...

New Zealand in 1957. The disease was termed "Hand Foot and Mouth Disease", by Thomas Henry Flewett, after a similar outbreak in 1960. Novel antiviral...

shown by individual outbreaks, such as the Plague of Justinian (first pandemic) and the Black Death (second pandemic). Infectious diseases with high prevalence...

initial outbreak in Wuhan, the virus and disease were commonly referred to as "coronavirus", "Wuhan coronavirus", "the coronavirus outbreak" and the...

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) or hoof-and-mouth disease (HMD) is an infectious and sometimes fatal viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals, including...

The 1976 Legionnaires' disease outbreak, occurring in the late summer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States was the first occasion in which a cluster...

2013–2016 epidemic of Ebola virus disease, centered in West Africa, was the most widespread outbreak of the disease in history. It caused major loss of...

that area." The term "outbreak" can also apply, but is usually restricted to smaller events.: §1:72  Any sudden increase in disease prevalence may generally...

signs and symptoms was performed during the 1998–2000 mixed MARV/RAVV disease outbreak. A skin rash, red or purple spots (e.g. petechiae or purpura), bruises...