Also, er, localized outbreaks of fire.

With dealers shipping the butterflies by overnight mail all around the country, a localized outbreak of disease could spread quickly.

"It is pretty unusual for there to be a localized outbreak like that, particularly when there isn't a serial rapist."

These centers are highly localized outbreaks which represents the transitional stage between very sparse endemic population and high density outbreak population.

Most of the cases in California and Texas are not linked and may reflect localized outbreaks of this virus in those areas.

How could the numbers be increasing so rapidly-without any localized outbreaks?

"The police have got to take full account of the situation and face their inability to control these localized outbreaks of violence," he said.

Dismissing the phone-hacking scandal as a localized outbreak of criminality, he questioned the very need for a public inquiry.

As reports of strange Guillain-Barré symptoms started coming in from other parts of the country, doctors realized they were not just dealing with a localized outbreak.

Eight other states, six of them in the South, and Puerto Rico are still experiencing localized outbreaks.