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Discover LudwigThe phrase "an outbreak of a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the occurrence of a disease, phenomenon, or event that spreads rapidly within a specific area or population.
Example: "The health department reported an outbreak of a new strain of influenza in the region."
Alternatives: "an occurrence of a" or "a surge of a".
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An outbreak of A(H1N1) virus influenza, detected in Mexico during April 2009, spread around the world in nine weeks.
It's an outbreak of a different kind of irrational exuberance.
Wet spring weather brought on an outbreak of a disease on familiar shade trees.
In 2009, for example, there was an outbreak of a strain of influenza called H1N1.
The tactic was also used in an outbreak of a different bird flu in the Netherlands in 2003.
In 1976 an outbreak of a mysterious respiratory disease killed 34 members of the American Legion attending a convention here.
The Victoria Infirmary is closed to all but extreme emergencies after an outbreak of a virus among staff and patients.
That same year an outbreak of a similar illness was reported in Sudan, leading to the discovery of SUDV.
But preparing now for an outbreak of a pandemic at some stage in the future does make sense.
Guillaume Lambert, a professor in the School of Applied and Engineering Physics at Cornell University, comments on an outbreak of a drug-resistant fungus known as Candida auris.
To sum up the plot briefly: Dustin Hoffman plays an army epidemiologist who gets called to Africa to investigate an outbreak of a mysterious and deadly haemorrhagic fever.
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