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COMMON-SOURCE OUTBREAK [1 record]

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Record 1 2020-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Epidemiology
  • Human Diseases - Various
CONT

A common-source outbreak is one in which a group of persons are all exposed to an infectious agent or a toxin from the same source.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épidémiologie
  • Maladies humaines diverses

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Epidemiología
  • Enfermedades humanas varias
CONT

Brote de fuente común: Un brote que resulta de un grupo de personas expuestas a una fuente común. Si el grupo está expuesto durante un período de tiempo relativamente breve (por ejemplo, todos los casos ocurren dentro de un período de incubación), el brote de fuente común es clasificado como de origen en un mismo punto.

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