Bioinformatic analyses invariably involve shepherding files through a series of transformations, called a pipeline or a workflow.

vector-borne zoonotic disease, spread by Tsetse flies, can be found in humans and animals

The identification and implementation of policies and activities to avoid or minimize the likelihood and/or impact of ongoing or potential zoonotic disease events. In practice,...

The ability of microorganisms of certain species to survive or even grow in the presence of a given concentration of an antimicrobial agent that is usually sufficient to inhibit...

detection of a parasite by feeding a suitable intermediate host (such as an insect) on supposedly infected material (such as blood) and later examining the host for the parasite

All the observable characteristics of an organism that result from the interaction of its genotype (total genetic inheritance) with the environment. Examples of observable...

The aspect of epidemiology concerned with why and how a health problem occurs. Analytic epidemiology uses comparison groups to provide baseline or expected values so that...

The natural or legal persons responsible for ensuring that the requirements of food law are met within the feed business under their control

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

Dataset format includes information on individual records related to a disease/health event

Describes the type of information that will be obtained (using a particular surveillance activity) about a health hazard. The options are early detection/warning of known...

Any action to be taken when the results of monitoring at the Critical Control Point (CCP) indicate a loss of control.

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One of several methods of agglomerative hierarchical clustering. At the beginning of the process, each element is in a cluster of its own. The clusters are then sequentially...

A pattern on the distribution of cases/health events on space and time different from the null hypothesis of random distribution of cases/health events in space and time.

Relating to or marked by intensity; denoting a form of treatment by means of very large doses or of substances possessing great strength or activity.

Study of the performance of the alternative method using identical samples in several laboratories and controlled by the expert laboratory.

Food-borne zoonotic diseases are caused by consuming food or drinking water contaminated by pathogenic (disease-causing) micro-organisms such as bacteria and their toxins,...

Property of bacteria that confers the capacity to inactivate or exclude antibiotics or a mechanism that blocks the inhibitory or killing effects of antibiotics.