Determining which hazards should be selected for surveillance based on information about the probability of their occurrence and the extent of biologic and/or economic...

Strain differentiation by determining the number different alleles in a predefined set of loci that represents core genes.

Endemic, sporadic, free, exotic, re-emerging, new, situation varies

Capable of causing disease.

flavivirus (genus Flavivirus) that causes an illness marked by fever, headache, muscle ache, skin rash, and sometimes encephalitis or meningitis, which is spread chiefly by...

Health surveillance system that looks at reports, stories, rumors, community-based and other information about health events that could be a serious risk to public health. Such...

A pathogen present in food, which may cause human disease(s) or illness through consumption of food contaminated with the pathogen and / or the biological products produced by...

The process of killing (inactivating) harmful and objectionable bacteria, cysts and other microorganisms (pathogenic) by various agents such as chemicals, heat, ultraviolet...

Any person who directly handles packaged or unpackaged food, food equipment and utensils, or food contact surfaces and is therefore expected to comply with food hygiene...

The mortality rate or death rate is the mortality expressed as a proportion of the population.

Term not used in this sector

Movement or change in frequency over time, usually upwards or downwards

When two or more DNA sequences are aligned, the overlapping portions can be combined to create a single consensus sequence. In positions where all overlapping sequences have the...

WHO: A disease outbreak is the occurrence of cases of disease in excess of what would normally be expected in a defined community, geographical area or season. An outbreak may...

The number of units randomly chosen from the sampling frame.

Whether performance indicators are routinely used to monitor system performance and periodic external evaluations are used to assess the system outputs in relation to its...

Shortened form of arthropod-borne virus. Any of a group of viruses that are transmitted to man and animals by arthopods such as mosquitoes, ticks, and sand flies; they include...

A technique that is used to determine what steps need to be taken in order to move from its current state to its desired, future state. Also called need-gap analysis, needs...

Discrimination of bacteria below the level of species.

introduction into water, air and/or soil of microorganisms, chemicals, toxic substances, wastes or waste water in a concentration that makes the medium (water, air and/or soil)...