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...

Criterion indicates the acceptable functioning of the production process. Such a criterion is not applicable to products placed on the market. It sets an indicative...

see: Active surveillance

The sensitivity of a diagnostic method is the proportion of true positives that are detected with the method

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

The number of new cases within a specified time period divided by the size of the population initially at risk.

Definition stating when the sample is considered to be positive for the zoonotic agent or when the person, animal, herd or flock is considered to be infected with the zoonotic...

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.

Use of prior or additional information about the probability of hazard occurrence to revise the surveillance intensity required to achieve the stated surveillance purpose.

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...

zoonostic disease caused by Coxiella burnetii, spread by inhalation of direct contact to infected animals. Has been detected in > 40 tick species, but tick-borne infection of...

A standard hypothetical prevalence of disease specified at the herd (herd design prevalence, PH) or at the animal level (PA) against which to measure surveillance sensitivity....

States those goal(s) that when met will result in the collection and analysis of data in order to achieve the purpose of the system.

DNA sequencing technologies that simultaneously determine the sequence of DNA bases from many thousands (or millions) of DNA templates in a single biochemical reaction volume....

allocation of surveillance activities is guided by the probability of events with or without consideration of the consequences of the event; the management of the event; or the...

A Risk Assessment based on data which, while forming an inadequate basis for numerical risk estimations, nonetheless, when conditioned by prior expert knowledge and...

A system of surveillance which aims to routinely collect additional/supplementary information pertinent to the disease, such as exposure information.