Source:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0012652
MSH: Sudden increase in the incidence of a disease. The concept includes EPIDEMICS and PANDEMICS.,CSP: sudden increase in the incidence of a disease; the concept includes epidemics.,HL7V3.0: <p>An outbreak represents a series of public health cases. The date on which an outbreak starts is the earliest date of onset among the cases assigned to the outbreak, and its ending date is the last date of onset among the cases assigned to the outbreak.</p>