Ability to adapt to changing information needs or operating conditions with little additional time, personnel or allocated funds. Flexible systems can accommodate new...

Discipline dealing with the conception, production, dissemination and study of maps.

Refers to all the stages in the existence of digital information from creation to destruction. A lifecycle view is used to enable active management of the data objects and...

Consists of members who work together interdependently to develop goals and a common treatment plan, although they maintain distinct professional responsibilities and individual...

the stage in the parasite life cycle at which it is able to initiate infection of its host(s).

vector-borne disease, spread by mosquitoes, Anopheles, can be found in birds, reptiles, mammals

The use of one or several molecular methods to derive the serotype (examples PCR and/or sequencing)

consists of procedures implemented for temporary or continuous observation (e.g. of species dynamics) and is not followed by any additional activities.

Type specimen, type species or type genus.

a sequence of observation of data points measured over a time interval

Factor such as a microorganism whose presence is essential for the occurrence of a disease.

A disease which is characterized by a single or repeated episode of relatively rapid onset and short duration from which the patient usually returns to his/her normal or...

Consists of members of different disciplines, involved in the same task (assessing people, setting goals and making care recommendations) and working alongside each other, but...

The term “abiotic” comes from the root parts “a-” meaning “without,” and “bio,” meaning “life.” The living parts of an ecosystem are called “biotic factors.” Abiotic factors are...

see: Active surveillance

A cross-domain inventory of currently available data sources, methods / algorithms / tools, that support One Health surveillance data generation, data analysis, modelling and...

A contiguous stretch of DNA sequence that is the result of assembly of multiple overlapping sequence reads into a single consensus sequence. A contig requires a complete tiling...

(Disease) surveillance system is an epidemiological practice by which the spread of disease is monitored in order to establish patterns of progression. The main role of disease...

Localized occurrence as opposed to a generalized epidemic.

When DNA sequence is obtained by any experimental method, including both Sanger and next-generation methods, the data are obtained from individual template molecules as a string...