The number of new cases within a specified time period divided by the size of the population initially at risk.

Definition stating when the sample is considered to be positive for the zoonotic agent or when the person, animal, herd or flock is considered to be infected with the zoonotic...

(Disease) surveillance system is an epidemiological practice by which the spread of disease is monitored in order to establish patterns of progression. The main role of disease...

Localized occurrence as opposed to a generalized epidemic.

zoonostic disease caused by Coxiella burnetii, spread by inhalation of direct contact to infected animals. Has been detected in > 40 tick species, but tick-borne infection of...

A measure of the number of infections produced, on average, by an infected individual in the early stages of an epidemic, when virtually all contacts are susceptible.

One DALY can be thought of as one lost year of "healthy" life. The sum of these DALYs across the population, or the burden of disease, can be thought of as a measurement of the...

Suspicion of a food vehicle in an outbreak based on theidentification of common food exposures, from the systematic evaluation of cases and theircharacteristics and...

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...

Aggregations of relatively uncommon events or diseases in space and/or time in amounts that are believed or perceived to be from a common source

Direct (e.g. culture) or indirect (e.g. serological) identification of the causative agent in clinical samples taken from outbreak cases.

A native or indigenous species is a species that occurs within its natural geographical range (past or present) and dispersal potential (i.e. within the range it occupies...

Term not used in this sector

Either a newly recognized, clinically distinct infectious disease or a known infectious disease whose reported incidence is increasing in a given place or among a specific...

The incidence rate measures the occurrence of disease onsets in a population per unit of time of follow-up. Because of its similarity to population density, in an area, over...

vector-borne zoonotic disease, spread by sand flies, cause by a number of viruses and can be found also in rodents (rats) and all other vertebrates.

genetic change not inherited from parents, but arises via induced mutation.

vector-borne disease, spread by mosquitoes, Aedes, not zoonotic, can be found only in humans

A statistically significant association between zoonosis in a foodstuff and an infected human/ animal/ batch in an analytical epidemiological study

No definition could be identified for this sector