The phrase "a large scale outbreak of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing significant occurrences of diseases, events, or phenomena that affect a large number of people or areas.
Example: "The health department is concerned about a large scale outbreak of influenza this winter."
Alternatives: "a widespread outbreak of" or "a major outbreak of".
In 2005 a large scale outbreak of A/H5N1 led to the death of thousands of migratory waterfowl in Qinghai Lake in North-West China.
In China, a large scale outbreak of HFMD emerged in 2007 in Shandong Province, with 1149 cases reported [ 3].
In 2008, a large scale outbreak of HFMD occurred in Anhui Province, China; 3321 cases were reported with 22 deaths [ 12].
There was a large scale outbreak of the highly pathogenic porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) in China and Vietnam during 2006 and 2007 that resulted in unusually high morbidity and mortality among pigs of all ages.
Risk perception Around 10% of the participants considered themselves (10%, n=31), their family members (10%, n=30), or the general public (12%, n=35) to have a high or very high chance of contracting A/H1N1 in the next year, and 28% perceived a high (high, very high, or certain) chance of having a large scale outbreak of influenza A/H1N1 in the coming year (table 2).
The senator's staff found that few cities had enough hospital space to quarantine patients in the event of a large-scale outbreak of an infectious disease like SARS.
A large-scale outbreak of this kind was bound to happen.
The authors explain that a zombie outbreak in the U.S. might look similar to a large-scale outbreak of a virus such as Ebola.
This may be one of the factors that facilitated a large-scale outbreak of the disease.
Since December 2010, a large-scale outbreak of diarrhea in suckling piglets has occurred on swine farms in mainland China (7 ).
A large-scale outbreak of the disease characterized by neurological symptoms such as astasia, ataxia, tremor, nystagmus, opisthotonus and hypersensitivity occurred in beef and dairy cattle in southern Japan from summer to autumn in 2006.
