First case of a disease to be identified at the start of an outbreak. The index case is the first patient that indicates the existence of an outbreak. It does not necessarily...

outbreak where all the human cases live in one single household

Any action to be taken when the results of Public Health risk assessment indicate loss of control.

pure culture of an organism

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Differences in health status or in the distribution of health determinants between different population groups.

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In public health risk assessment: The qualitative or quantitative estimation of the likelihood of adverse effects that may result from exposure to specified health hazards or...

monitoring of laboratory confirmed cases

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Breakpoints are discriminatory antimicrobial concentrations used in the interpretation of results of susceptibility testing to define isolates as susceptible, intermediate or...

Reports of specific diseases from health care providers to public health officials (the information obtained is standardized and structured)

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