outbreak
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Some of those cruises are also famous in the scientific literature—one of the foundations of modern contact tracing comes from an outbreak of gastroenteritis on a cruise ship.
From Slate • May 16, 2026
MSF said it was mobilising medical, logistical and support staff to help respond to the outbreak.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
“The best outbreak investigation we have contradicts the message we have of close, prolonged contact,” says Joseph Allen, a professor and director of the Healthy Buildings program at Harvard T.H.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
In that outbreak, 20 percent of passengers eventually tested positive for COVID-19 as a result of their time aboard.
From Slate • May 16, 2026
There was also, poignantly now, a slender, hardbound history of Centralia, prepared to mark the town’s centenary just before the outbreak of the fire.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing outbreak
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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