use the information about two diseases to answer the question.

• Disease A: rare and contained in a small geographic region.
• Disease B: has affected people in several US states, more cases than expected.

Which statement about these diseases is correct?

a. There was an epidemic of disease A and an outbreak of disease B.
b. There was an outbreak of disease A and an epidemic of disease B.
c. There was an epidemic of disease A and a pandemic of disease B.
d. There was an outbreak of disease A and a pandemic of disease B.

b. There was an outbreak of disease A and an epidemic of disease B.