an invertebrate animal (usually an arthropod) that transmits infectious agents to vertebrates. In infectious disease epidemiology, an insect or any living carrier that...

Facts, measurements, recordings, records, or observations about the world collected by scientists and others, with a minimum of contextual interpretation. Data may be in any...

the species host in which the sexual reproduction phase of a parasite takes place (synonym with final host)

A system based on the public health officials' initiative to contact the physicians laboratory or hospital staff or other relevant sources to report data. Active surveillance...

[L. extendere, to stretch out]Widespread. In cancer, widely metastatic.

Linked data is a set of design principles for sharing machine-readable data on the Web for use by public administrations, business and citizens.

a host which is a common source of an infectious agent to other animals, including humans.

sin. black fly, blackfly, pl. black flies, blackflies. Small size flies, members of Simuliidae family (order Diptera). Females of majority of species require a blood meal for...

is the perpetuation, for the foreseeable future, of an invasive species within an area following introduction.

vector-borne zoonotic diseases, caused by a tick-borne virus (Orthonairovirus) of the Nairoviridae family (Order Bunyavirales); CCHF virus is transmitted to people either by...

A known disease which occurs intermittently in an irregular or haphazard pattern.

A description of the methods used for disseminating surveillance information during and after surveillance including whether web-access is possible and the methods used for data...

Term not used in this sector

The proportion of persons with a particular condition (cases) who die from that condition. The denominator is the number of incident cases; the numerator is the number of...

Comparison of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms can be compared across several isolates and the differences can be used to create trees depicting relatedness among the isolates.

vector-borne disease, spread by mosquitoes, Aedes, not zoonotic, can be found only in humans. Monkeies serve as a sentinel species for yellow fever, which then spread to men...

See "reservoir"

Serovar is a synonym for serotype. That is a serologically and antigenically distinct variety of microorganism, like a subgroup of a species of bacteria. In other words, they...

The potential for a contagious disease to spread from person to person in a population.

Input-based standards prescribe the surveillance activities to be carried out (i.e. sampling strategy, sample size, choice of test and frequency of testing), assuming that the...