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    Definitive Host

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

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

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

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

    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...
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    Establishment

    is the perpetuation, for the foreseeable future, of an invasive species within an area following introduction.
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    Crimean-congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF)

    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...
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    Pattern of disease occurrence: Sporadic

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

    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...
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    SNP tree

    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.
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    Yellow Fever

    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...
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    Reservoir Host

    See "reservoir"
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    Requirement

    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...
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    Knowledge

    A combination of data and information, to which is added expert opinion, skills, and experience, resulting in a valuable asset that aids decision making. In organizational...
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    Level of Detection (LoD)

    Measured analyte concentration, obtained by a given measurement procedure, for which the probability of detection is x. In this protocol x= 50, i.e. LOD50 is the level of...
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    Comunity

    A given segment of a society or a population.
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    Traceability

    Reg. 178/2002: means the ability to trace and follow a food, feed, food-producing animal or substance intended to be, or expected to be incorporated into a food or feed, through...
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    Incubation Period

    The period between inoculation and appearance of visible symptoms.
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    Distribution (of Disease)

    is the domain of descriptive epidemiology, which involves the analysis of disease patterns according to the characteristics of person, place and time. In other words,...
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    Health Indicator

    Any of a variety of measures (e.g. mortality rate) that indicate the state of health of a given population. A variable susceptible to direct measurement that reflects the state...
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