'''Outbreak''' is a classification used in epidemiology to describe a small, localised epidemic, often contained to a village or a small town, while the term epidemic means that the disease affects a region in a country or a group of countries. The term pandemic, finally, is used to describe a global epidemic.

Types

* Common source
* Propagated
* Zoonotic

See also

*epidemiology
*bacterium
*virus

External links

*List of outbreaks in GIDEON