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A step which examines the characteristics of a (pathogen) which affect its transmission and pathogenicity

Significance tests in which the null hypothesis is that samples differ to a prescribed degree. A significant result of an equivalence test comparing the effects of two...

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Process of estimating concentration or intensity, duration, and frequency of exposure to an agent that can affect health.

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A method, procedure, or measurement that is widely accepted as being the best available. Often used to compare with new methods.

Aggregations of relatively uncommon events or diseases in space and/or time in amounts that are believed or perceived to be greater than could be expected by chance.

Passive clinical and laboratory surveillance systems that are enhanced by sentinel surveillance and/or community-based surveillance strategies that rely on a wider range of...

The occurrence of more cases of disease than expected in a given area or among a specific group of people over a particular period of time.

Study of the occurrence of disease or other health-related characteristics in human populations. General observations concerning the relationship of disease to basic...

An aggregation of cases in a circumscribed area during a particular period without regard to whether the number of cases is more than expected (often the expected number is not...

dietary food for special medical purposes, as defined in Commission Directive 1999/21/EC

The segment of clinical research for which an investigator directly interacts with patients in either an outpatient or inpatient setting. This definition excludes studies for...

public health surveillance based on the public health officials' initiative to contact the physicians laboratory or hospital staff or other relevant sources to report data (i.e....

Inherent capability of an agent or a situation to have an adverse effect. A factor or exposure that may adversely affect health. Loosely, in lay speech a synonym for RISK; in...