the species host in which the sexual reproduction phase of a parasite takes place (synonym with final host)

[L. extendere, to stretch out]Widespread. In cancer, widely metastatic.

Linked data is a set of design principles for sharing machine-readable data on the Web for use by public administrations, business and citizens.

a host which is a common source of an infectious agent to other animals, including humans.

sin. black fly, blackfly, pl. black flies, blackflies. Small size flies, members of Simuliidae family (order Diptera). Females of majority of species require a blood meal for...

is the perpetuation, for the foreseeable future, of an invasive species within an area following introduction.

vector-borne zoonotic diseases, caused by a tick-borne virus (Orthonairovirus) of the Nairoviridae family (Order Bunyavirales); CCHF virus is transmitted to people either by...

A known disease which occurs intermittently in an irregular or haphazard pattern.

A description of the methods used for disseminating surveillance information during and after surveillance including whether web-access is possible and the methods used for data...

Comparison of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms can be compared across several isolates and the differences can be used to create trees depicting relatedness among the isolates.

vector-borne disease, spread by mosquitoes, Aedes, not zoonotic, can be found only in humans. Monkeies serve as a sentinel species for yellow fever, which then spread to men...

See "reservoir"

Input-based standards prescribe the surveillance activities to be carried out (i.e. sampling strategy, sample size, choice of test and frequency of testing), assuming that the...

A combination of data and information, to which is added expert opinion, skills, and experience, resulting in a valuable asset that aids decision making. In organizational...

Measured analyte concentration, obtained by a given measurement procedure, for which the probability of detection is x. In this protocol x= 50, i.e. LOD50 is the level of...

A given segment of a society or a population.

Reg. 178/2002: means the ability to trace and follow a food, feed, food-producing animal or substance intended to be, or expected to be incorporated into a food or feed, through...

The period between inoculation and appearance of visible symptoms.

is the domain of descriptive epidemiology, which involves the analysis of disease patterns according to the characteristics of person, place and time. In other words,...

Any of a variety of measures (e.g. mortality rate) that indicate the state of health of a given population. A variable susceptible to direct measurement that reflects the state...