An outbreak is defined as occurring when two or more people experience similar illness after consuming food from a common source.

Dementia, an illness similar to Alzheimer's disease, causes a loss of brain function.

About the same time, other groups described a similar illness among workers exposed to beryllium in Ohio.

Coughing fits may flare up if you get a cold or have a similar illness.

Some close contacts, including healthcare workers, have developed similar illnesses.

A similar illness affected dozens of other people across the region.

A similar self-limited illness has been described in adults with primary infection.

Sadly, those around you may also get the resistant bacteria and come down with a similar illness that is difficult to treat.

Of the health workers there, 46 of 160, or 29 percent, suffered a similar illness.

Other family members or close contacts often have a similar illness.