Propagation (multiplication), cyclic development, or a combination of these (cyclopropagative) is required before the arthropod can transmit the infective form of the agent to...

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Appropriate use and documentation of data management systems for processing information, including data processing protocols, and effective use of data verification procedures...

see: Passive surveillance

Systematic, continuous or repeated, measurement, collection, collation, analysis, interpretation and timely dissemination of molecular-level information about micro-organisms....

Genetic of phenotypic subtype of a microorganism often defined for epidemiological purposes.

Means an independent third party to which the competent authority has delegated certain control tasks

The systematic (regular) collection, monitoring, analysis and interpretation of structured data, i.e. of indicators produced by a number of well-identified, mostly health-based,...

A term used to encompass a very broad range of activities to support mutually beneficial collaborations and dissemination of knowledge between e.g. ORION members, EJP projects,...

A change in the morphology, physiology, growth, development, reproduction or life span of an organism, system, or (sub)population that results in an impairment of functional...

the ultimate aim of epidemiology and refers to the reduction or elimination of disease occurence. It is a accomplished through epidemilogical research and surveillance

Infectious diseases that can be spread between animals and humans; can be spread by food, water, fomites, or vectors.

Case fatality is the concept used to express the proportion of cases of a certain disease that actually dies due to the consequences of that disease.

Health care-associated infection (HCAI), also referred to as "nosocomial" or "hospital" infection, is an infection occurring in a patient during the process of care in a...

vector-borne zoonotic diseases, spread by fleas, and can be found in humans and other mammals

Antibiotics are usually classified or grouped by their chemical structure. Some antibiotic classes work by killing bacteria and others work by preventing the ability of bacteria...

An alternative method is a method of analysis that demonstrates or estimates, for a given category of products, the same analyte as is measured using the corresponding reference...

A drug which, at low concentrations, exerts an action against microbial pathogens and exhibits selective toxicity towards them. Antimicrobials typically include antibiotics but...

"genotype" refers to the genetic makeup of an organism; in other words, it describes an organism's complete set of genes. In a more narrow sense, the term can be used to refer...

An individual in which a parasite undergoes some kind of development, generally with asexual reproduction. A host that is normally used by a parasite in the course of its life...