What is the name of the occurrence of a clearly higher than expected number of cases of a disease within a limited geographical region?

A) Pandemic
B) Epidemic
C) Endemic
D) Zoonosis
E) Attack rate

Zoonosis

An infectious disease that has jumped from non-human animals to humans.

Epidemic

An outbreak of a disease that spreads rapidly and affects a large number of individuals within a population, community, or region.

Pandemic

An outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects an exceptionally high proportion of the population.