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...

An individual who contracted infection through direct contact with the primary vehicle or source of infection.

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.

An instar is a developmental stage of arthropods, such as insects, between each moult until sexual maturity is reached

Assurance that food is acceptable for human consumption according to its intended use.

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.

Strategy based on the selection of a random sample from a population on which the data are reported. Random sample is a sample which is taken under statistical consideration to...

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

The majority of pathogens of animals are generalists that infect multiple host species, referred to as multi-host pathogens or multi-host parasites.

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...

A contaminant is any substance not intentionally added to food which is present in such food as a result of the production (including operations carried out in crop husbandry,...

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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