sairaustapahtumia
sairaustapahtumat (plural of sairaustapahtuma) are incidents in which a pathogen causes a noticeable increase in disease cases within a defined population and time period. The term is used primarily in Finnish public health and epidemiology to describe localized disease outbreaks or clusters. It differs from endemic disease prevalence in that it signifies an abnormal or sudden rise that may indicate transmission, introduction of a new strain, or an environmental trigger. Examples include localized measles outbreaks, food‑borne illness clusters, or sporadic cases of tuberculosis in a closed community.
Epidemiological monitoring of sairaustapahtumat relies on systematic case reporting, contact tracing, laboratory confirmation, and statistical analysis
National health agencies in Finland routinely publish reports on significant sairaustapahtumat, providing details of causative agents,