A group of people/animals/food stuff in the population with a higher-than expected risk for developing a particular disease/harbouring the hazard, which may be defined on a...

A plan that delineates the precise procedures to be followed in a clinical trial, including planned and actual timing of events, choice of control group, method of allocating...

Like single linkage but considering the longest distance between entries in the clusters.

Perfect reference standard, i.e. sensitivity and specificity 100%

The qualitative and/or quantitative evaluation of the likely intake of biological, chemical, and physical agents via food as well as exposures from other sources if relevant.

Characterization of microorganisms for the purpose of surveillance, outbreak detection, method quality assurance and evaluation of preventive measures e.g vaccinations

An exotic plant or animal species (synonyms: alien, foreign, non-indigenous, non-native) is a species that is not native to an ecosystem and, if present, has been introduced.

One Health is an approach to designing and implementing programmes, policies, legislation and research in which multiple sectors communicate and work together to achieve better...

of animals (usually vertebrates) that can naturally be transmitted to humans

The habitat in which an infectious agent normally lives, grows and multiplies; reservoirs include human reservoirs, animals reservoirs, and environmental reservoirs.

Term not used in this sector

Participatory surveillance explores traditional information networks by using participatory rural appraisal methods such as ranking, scoring and visualisation techniques to...

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Infections that are rapidly increasing in incidence or geographic range.

Define/characterise an isolate

The gradual increase, observed or projected, in global surface temperature, as one of the consequences of radiative forcing caused by anthropogenic emissions.

Traditional disease surveillance which relies on the collection of data about the occurrence of pre-defined diseases or conditions and which uses agreed-upon case definitions;...

The natural or legal persons responsible for ensuring that the requirements of food law are met within the food business under their control.

Categorisation step, identifying biological agents dichotomously as hazards or not hazards. Hazard identification involves identifying the pathogenic agents that could...