 Disease Outbreaks
"Disease Outbreaks" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Sudden increase in the incidence of a disease. The concept includes EPIDEMICS and PANDEMICS.
| Descriptor ID |
D004196
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.290
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| Concept/Terms |
Disease Outbreaks- Disease Outbreaks
- Disease Outbreak
- Outbreak, Disease
- Outbreaks, Disease
- Outbreaks
- Infectious Disease Outbreaks
- Disease Outbreak, Infectious
- Disease Outbreaks, Infectious
- Infectious Disease Outbreak
- Outbreak, Infectious Disease
- Outbreaks, Infectious Disease
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2004 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2005 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2006 | 3 | 4 | 7 | | 2007 | 8 | 2 | 10 | | 2008 | 6 | 2 | 8 | | 2009 | 3 | 6 | 9 | | 2010 | 3 | 7 | 10 | | 2011 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2012 | 3 | 5 | 8 | | 2013 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2014 | 4 | 8 | 12 | | 2015 | 15 | 5 | 20 | | 2016 | 13 | 9 | 22 | | 2017 | 11 | 4 | 15 | | 2018 | 9 | 3 | 12 | | 2019 | 15 | 12 | 27 | | 2020 | 13 | 21 | 34 | | 2021 | 5 | 10 | 15 | | 2022 | 1 | 21 | 22 | | 2023 | 2 | 15 | 17 | | 2024 | 6 | 5 | 11 | | 2025 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2026 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Disease Outbreaks" by people in Profiles.
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Metz AR, Barnes M, Andresen K, Stringer G, Comstock N, Burakoff A, Matzinger SR, Warren L, Klaber M, Orozco M, Chan SN, Fowler JJ, Gearhart SL, Nicholson MB, Herlihy R. Measles Outbreak Associated with an Infectious Traveler - Colorado, May-June 2025. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2026 Jan 29; 75(4):48-54.
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Chu VT, Spottiswoode N, Ward R, Yokoe DS, Ramirez-Avila L, Phelps MS, Glascock A, Crawford ED, Kamm J, Hao S, Li L, Dynerman D, Waltari E, Nafees S, Kalantar KL, Caldera S, Madera S, Guerrero ES, Ivashin D, Serpa PH, Love C, Mwakibete LL, Doernberg SB, Kistler A, Alvino R, Engel J, Chiu CY, Pak C, Cunningham G, Reyes H, Buie B, Messacar K, Leroue M, Prince BC, Detweiler AM, Stanley K, Caughell C, McNeil N, Neff N, Nichols A, Miller S, DeRisi JL, Tato CM, Langelier CR. Implementation and outcomes of a rapid response genomic hospital epidemiology programme at an academic medical centre over 7 years. Lancet Microbe. 2026 Feb; 7(2):101277.
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Gross JE, Fullmer J, McClelland G, Caceres SM, Poch KR, Hasan NA, Jia F, Epperson LE, Lipner EM, Vang CK, Honda JR, Strand MJ, de Moura VCN, Daley CL, Strong M, Nick JA. Genomic and epidemiologic investigation of Mycobacterium abscessus isolates in a cystic fibrosis center to determine potential routes of transmission. J Cyst Fibros. 2025 Nov; 24(6):1114-1123.
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Vachon MS, Edmundson AR, White AE, Kim TN, Booth HA, Firestone MJ, Scallan Walter EJ, Hedberg CW. CDC Directed Funding Improves Foodborne Outbreak Reporting in U.S. States, 2009-2022. J Food Prot. 2025 08 22; 88(9):100581.
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Mziray SR, Githinji G, de Laurent ZR, Mbelele PM, Mohammed KS, Wadugu BD, Grundy BS, Heysell SK, Mpagama SG, Chilongola JO. Deploying Metagenomics to Characterize Microbial Pathogens During Outbreak of Acute Febrile Illness Among Children in Tanzania. Pathogens. 2025 Jun 19; 14(6).
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Nguyen-Tran H, Butler M, Simmons D, Dominguez SR, Messacar K. Return of the Biennial Circulation of Enterovirus D68 in Colorado Children in 2024 Following the Large 2022 Outbreak. Viruses. 2025 05 05; 17(5).
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Ribas Freitas AR, Schwartz DA, Lima Neto AS, Rodrigues R, Cavalcanti LPG, Alarcón-Elbal PM. Oropouche Virus (OROV): Expanding Threats, Shifting Patterns, and the Urgent Need for Collaborative Research in Latin America. Viruses. 2025 02 28; 17(3).
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Torok MR, Massey AE, Peralta V, Loeck B, Peterson M, Neises D, Vajnar ME, Baseman JG, Marshall NC, Jervis RH, Melius B, Shen A, Scallan Walter E. Innovative Interstate Academic-Public Health Agency Collaborations for Case Investigations and Outbreak Surge Capacity. Health Secur. 2025 Mar-Apr; 23(2):136-144.
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Park SW, Noble B, Howerton E, Nielsen BF, Lentz S, Ambroggio L, Dominguez S, Messacar K, Grenfell BT. Predicting the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions against COVID-19 on Mycoplasma pneumoniae in the United States. Epidemics. 2024 Dec; 49:100808.
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Duffy J, Yih WK, Walton K, DeSilva MB, Glanz JM, Hambidge SJ, Jackson LA, Klein NP, Lewin BJ, Naleway AL, Sundaram ME, Maro JC, Weintraub E. JYNNEOS vaccine safety surveillance in the vaccine safety datalink during the 2022 mpox outbreak in the United States. Infection. 2025 Aug; 53(4):1321-1328.
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