Whether the surveillance system produces the desired effect without wasting resources. Three levels of economic efficiency can be defined: - Optimisation: maximising the net...

Multidrug resistance (MDR) is defined as non‐susceptibility to at least one agent in three or more antimicrobial categories

Extraction of pure DNA from a biological sample

Repeatability is the closeness of agreement between successive and independent results obtained by the same method on identical test material under the same conditions...

Knowledge management involves activities related to the capture, use and sharing of knowledge by the organisation. It involves the management both of external linkages and of...

considers the role of changing environments with regard to infectious and chronic disease risks affecting humans and nonhuman animals.

A computational method that lines up, as a set of rows of text, three or more sequences (of DNA, RNA, or proteins) to maximize the identity of overlapping positions while...

Schema markup is structured data markup, a universally shared language format that helps search engines understand and return the best results for users who are searching for...

Multiple-Locus Variable number tandem repeat Analysis (MLVA) is a method used to perform molecular typing of particular microorganisms. It utilizes the naturally occurring...

Infection that causes disease in human populations but can be perpetuated solely in nonhuman host animals (e.g., bubonic plague); may be enzootic.

To prevent and when necessary to respond to food safety incidents a national food control system should encompass the core elements of prevention, intervention and response.

Any form of control that the competent authority or the Community performs for the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules

The organism or toxin that is responsible for causing a specific disease or harmful effect.

Place where the contributory factors occurred.

The procedure by which the competent authority or control bodies, authorised to act in such a capacity, provide written, electronic or equivalent assurance concerning compliance

Proportion of negative events (e.g. non-outbreak periods) incorrectly classified as events (e.g.outbreaks). This is the inverse of the specificity but can be more easily...

Inventory on current integrated One Health Surveillance approaches in use in the EU.

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.

See: Early warning surveillance

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...