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  • GlossaryTerm

    Risk

    A function of the likelihood that a zoonotic disease event or contaminant may occur and the magnitude of the impact if it were to occur.
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    Primary Case

    An individual who brings the disease into the population (where the population can be any defined group of people)
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    Epidemiovigilance

    See: Early warning surveillance
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    Detection In Food Chain Or Its Environment

    Identification of the causative agent in samples taken from the preparation or processing environment of the suspected food vehicle, or from batches of similar foodstuffs...
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    Acceptability and Engagement

    Willingness of persons and organisations to participate in the surveillance system, and the degree to which each of these users is involved in the surveillance process including...
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    Risk Reduction

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    Disease Status

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    Case Definition

    A set of uniformly applied criteria for determining whether a person should be identified as having a particular disease, injury, or other health condition. In epidemiology,...
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    Attack Rate (AT)

    Attack rates are actually risks (or "incidence proportion" or "cumulative incidence"). Attack rates are often expressed as a percentage. An attack rate is not an incidence rate....
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    Microbiological Cluster

    A group of isolates that are related to each other at a defined genetic threshold (WGS cluster)/defined level of phenotypic test result similarity
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    Health Care Team

    A group comprising a variety of professionals (medical practitioners, nurses, physical and occupational therapists, social workers, pharmacists, spiritual counsellors), as well...
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    Antimicrobial

    A substance, such as an antibiotic, that kills or stops the growth of microbes, including bacteria, fungi, or viruses. Antimicrobials are grouped according to the microbes they...
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    Animal Health Status

    Status of a country, zone or compartment with respect to a animal disease in accordance with the criteria listed in the relevant disease-specific chapter or Chapter 1.4. of the...
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    Biotic Factor

    Biotic factors are the living parts of an ecosystem. Biotic factors such as soil bacteria, plant life, top predators, and polluters can all profoundly shape which organisms can...
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    Risk Assessment

    Risk assessment is defined as the systematic process of gathering, assessing and documenting information to estimate the level of risk and associated uncertainty related to a...
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    Eradication

    Reduction of the worldwide incidence of a disease to zero as a result of deliberate efforts.
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    Biological Vector

    a vector in which an agent undergoes some kind of development or multiplication (biological)
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    Virulence

    The ability of any infectious agent to produce disease. The virulence of a microorganism (such as a bacterium or virus) is a measure of the severity of the disease it is capable...
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    Incidence

    The number of instances of illness commencing, or of persons falling ill, during a given period in a specified population
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    Risk/factor/ Risk Determinant

    An attribute or exposure that increases the probability of occurrence of disease or other specified outcome.
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