Unit or portion of a matter that is sampled and intended to be analysed

Are measures of a drugs minimum inhibitory concentration distribution that separate bacterial populations into those representative of a wild type population, and those with...

the relative frequency of occurrence of something

Detection of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in WGS data from a set of indiviual isolates, followed by a cluster analyses based on the SNPs

The competent authority should collect baseline data for each indicator. Baselines establish the current situation and are used as a starting point against which future...

Water meeting the minimum requirements laid down in Council Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption

A group of isolates that are related to each other at a defined genetic threshold (WGS cluster)/defined level of phenotypic test result similarity

Consists of procedures developed in response to a risk and carried out to support subsequent actions. Data collection and record keeping to track the emergence and spread of...

A group comprising a variety of professionals (medical practitioners, nurses, physical and occupational therapists, social workers, pharmacists, spiritual counsellors), as well...

A substance, such as an antibiotic, that kills or stops the growth of microbes, including bacteria, fungi, or viruses. Antimicrobials are grouped according to the microbes they...

Status of a country, zone or compartment with respect to a animal disease in accordance with the criteria listed in the relevant disease-specific chapter or Chapter 1.4. of the...

Biotic factors are the living parts of an ecosystem. Biotic factors such as soil bacteria, plant life, top predators, and polluters can all profoundly shape which organisms can...

Data integration is a process in which heterogeneous data is retrieved and combined as an incorporated form and structure. Data integration allows different data types (such as...

Risk assessment is defined as the systematic process of gathering, assessing and documenting information to estimate the level of risk and associated uncertainty related to a...

Defined in FoodEx2. See "FoodEx2"

Reduction of the worldwide incidence of a disease to zero as a result of deliberate efforts.

a vector in which an agent undergoes some kind of development or multiplication (biological)

The ability of any infectious agent to produce disease. The virulence of a microorganism (such as a bacterium or virus) is a measure of the severity of the disease it is capable...

an invertebrate animal (usually an arthropod) that transmits infectious agents to vertebrates. In infectious disease epidemiology, an insect or any living carrier that...

Facts, measurements, recordings, records, or observations about the world collected by scientists and others, with a minimum of contextual interpretation. Data may be in any...