Samples selected in a non-probabilistic sampling strategy based on the feasibility or ease of collection. It's a non-random sampling. The data reported refer themselves to units...

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,...

like single linkage but considering the longest distance between entries in the clusters.

Failure to meet a critical limit.

a group or set of identifiable products obtained from a given process under practically identical circumstances and produced in a given place within one defined production period

direct (e.g. culture) or indirect (e.g. serological) identification of the causative agent in clinical samples taken from outbreak cases.

Assurance that food will not cause harm to the consumer when it is prepared and/or eaten according to its intended use.

The number of new cases of a disease that occur in a population in a particular geographical area within a given period of time.

In disease surveillance, a specific procedure to detect as early as possible any departure from usual or normally observed frequency of phenomena.

number of target organisms present in a defined volume/weight/area of a sample

An emergency preparedness plan specific to a single zoonotic disease.

The ability of a microbe (germ) to resist the effects of a drug. Antimicrobial-resistant germs are not killed by the drugs that are typically used against them and may continue...

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...

An infectious disease transmissible (as from person to person) by direct contact with an affected individual or the individual's discharges or by indirect means (as by a vector).

A contiguous segment of the genome made by joining overlapping clones or sequences. A clone contig consists of a group of cloned (copied) pieces of DNA representing overlapping...

a substance produced by or derived from a microorganism, which destroys or inhibits the growth of other microorganisms.

the technical procedure for detection of an analyte and generation of a laboratory result

The measures and conditions necessary to control hazards and to ensure fitness for human consumption of a foodstuff taking into account its intended use.

number of target organisms present in a defined volume/weight/area of a sample

The use of appropriate data sources and collection methods including automation of data collection where appropriate and the existence of a case definition and a data collection...