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    Possible Case Definition

    Classification of cases is based on clinical and epidemiological criteria
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    Vector: Borne Disease (Biological)

    Propagation (multiplication), cyclic development, or a combination of these (cyclopropagative) is required before the arthropod can transmit the infective form of the agent to...
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    Disinfection

    The reduction, by means of chemical agents and/or physical methods, of the number of micro-organisms in the environment, to a level that does not compromise food safety or...
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    Strain

    Genetic of phenotypic subtype of a microorganism often defined for epidemiological purposes.
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    Indicator-Based Surveillance (IBS)

    The systematic (regular) collection, monitoring, analysis and interpretation of structured data, i.e. of indicators produced by a number of well-identified, mostly health-based,...
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    Adverse Health Effect

    A change in the morphology, physiology, growth, development, reproduction or life span of an organism, system, or (sub)population that results in an impairment of functional...
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  • GlossaryTerm

    Disease Control

    the ultimate aim of epidemiology and refers to the reduction or elimination of disease occurence. It is a accomplished through epidemilogical research and surveillance
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    Zoonotic Diseases (Zoonoses)

    Infectious diseases that can be spread between animals and humans; can be spread by food, water, fomites, or vectors.
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    Case Fatality

    Case fatality is the concept used to express the proportion of cases of a certain disease that actually dies due to the consequences of that disease.
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    Health Care Associated Disease

    Health care-associated infection (HCAI), also referred to as "nosocomial" or "hospital" infection, is an infection occurring in a patient during the process of care in a...
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    Plague (Transmitted by Fleas from Rats to Humans)

    vector-borne zoonotic diseases, spread by fleas, and can be found in humans and other mammals
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    Antimicrobial

    A drug which, at low concentrations, exerts an action against microbial pathogens and exhibits selective toxicity towards them. Antimicrobials typically include antibiotics but...
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    Intermediate Host

    An individual in which a parasite undergoes some kind of development, generally with asexual reproduction. A host that is normally used by a parasite in the course of its life...
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    Source Of Infection

    The person, animal, object, or substance from which an infectious agent is transmitted, either directly or indirectly, to a host
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    Risk Reduction

    The identification and implementation of policies and activities designed either to prevent zoonotic disease agents from creating health risks or to lessen their frequency,...
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    River Blindness: Human Onchocerciasis

    an insidious non:killing parasitic vector-borne disease of public health significance, caused by the filarial roundworm Onchocerca volvulus (Leuckart, 1893), which is...
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    Anthropogenic

    Caused or produced by humans
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    Contributory Factor

    Fault or circumstance that singly or in combination led to the food-borne outbreak.
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    Vector Control

    Vector control is any method to limit or eradicate the mammals, birds, insects or other arthropods (here collectively called "vectors") which transmit disease pathogens.
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    Schistosomiasis (Bilharziasis)

    vector-borne zoonotic disease, spread by Aquatic snails
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