 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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Disease Outbreaks" by people in this website by year, and whether "Disease Outbreaks" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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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 | 4 | 7 | 11 | | 2011 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2012 | 3 | 5 | 8 | | 2013 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2014 | 4 | 8 | 12 | | 2015 | 15 | 5 | 20 | | 2016 | 13 | 10 | 23 | | 2017 | 12 | 4 | 16 | | 2018 | 9 | 4 | 13 | | 2019 | 15 | 12 | 27 | | 2020 | 12 | 22 | 34 | | 2021 | 5 | 10 | 15 | | 2022 | 1 | 21 | 22 | | 2023 | 2 | 15 | 17 | | 2024 | 7 | 5 | 12 | | 2025 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2026 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Disease Outbreaks" by people in Profiles.
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Miller SL, Yan S, García A, Wang LL, Zhai Z, Aranda JR, González-Candelas F, Lombillo I, Balbás J, Cabrillo E, Silió D, Higuera LD. Potential airborne transmission of SARS-COV-2 through bathroom ventilation ducts associated with an outbreak in a residential building in Santander, Spain, 2020. PLoS One. 2026; 21(5):e0345041.
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Campbell AJ, Shephard M, Paulos AP, Pauly MD, Vu MN, Stenkamp-Strahm C, Bushfield K, Hunter-Binns B, Sablon O, Bendall EE, Fitzimmons WJ, Brizuela K, Quirk GE, Kumar N, McCluskey B, Shetty N, Marr LC, Guthmiller JJ, Santos JJS, Hensley SE, Marshall ES, Abernathy K, Lauring AS, Melody BT, Wolfe MK, Lombard J, Lakdawala SS. Surveillance on California dairy farms reveals multiple possible sources of H5N1 influenza virus transmission. PLoS Biol. 2026 May; 24(5):e3003761.
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Hay JA, Larremore DB, Aatresh AV, Kissler S. Integrating viral kinetics into routine outbreak surveillance: challenges, opportunities and lessons from COVID-19. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2026 Apr 30; 381(1949).
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O'Connor GK, Jess JM, Costello D, Lladser ME. Observer-Based Source Localization in Tree Infection Networks via Laplace Transforms. Bull Math Biol. 2026 Apr 27; 88(5).
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Drexler N, Ferrell FA, Fladger D, Larkin K, Hoang ST, Power A, Crowe SJ, Holliday MK, Radke V, Kisselburgh H, Penn MS, Whitham HK. Foodborne Disease Outbreaks in U.S. Correctional Facilities-A Review of Epidemiology and Law. J Correct Health Care. 2026 Feb; 32(1):11-19.
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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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