Descriptor English: | Disease Outbreaks |
Descriptor Spanish: | Brotes de Enfermedades |
Descriptor Portuguese: | Surtos de Doenças |
Descriptor French: | Épidémies de maladies |
Entry term(s): |
Disease Outbreak Disease Outbreak, Infectious Disease Outbreaks, Infectious Infectious Disease Outbreak Infectious Disease Outbreaks Outbreak, Disease Outbreak, Infectious Disease Outbreaks Outbreaks, Disease Outbreaks, Infectious Disease |
Tree number(s): |
N06.850.290 SP5.001.047.113.104 |
RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004196 |
Scope note: | Sudden increase in the incidence of a disease. The concept includes EPIDEMICS and PANDEMICS. |
Annotation: | coordinate IM with specific disease / epidemiol (IM) & specify geographic location if pertinent; differentiate from EPIDEMICS, follow terminology in text |
Allowable Qualifiers: |
CL classification EC economics ES ethics HI history LJ legislation & jurisprudence PC prevention & control SN statistics & numerical data VE veterinary |
Public MeSH Note: | 68 |
History Note: | 68(66) |
Entry Version: | DIS OUTBREAKS |
Related: |
Communicable Diseases
MeSH |
DeCS ID: | 28589 |
Unique ID: | D004196 |
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents |
Date Established: | 1968/01/01 |
Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 |
Revision Date: | 2010/06/25 |
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Disease Outbreaks
- Preferred
Concept UI |
M0006566 |
Scope note | Sudden increase in the incidence of a disease. The concept includes EPIDEMICS and PANDEMICS. |
Preferred term | Disease Outbreaks |
Entry term(s) |
Disease Outbreak Disease Outbreak, Infectious Disease Outbreaks, Infectious Infectious Disease Outbreak Infectious Disease Outbreaks Outbreak, Disease Outbreak, Infectious Disease Outbreaks Outbreaks, Disease Outbreaks, Infectious Disease |
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