See "passive surveillance"

Means the process of identifying, selecting and implementing measures that can be applied to reduce the level of risk.

Odds are expressed as the probability of an event occurring divided by the probability of the event not occurring. The odds ratio is a tool to show how strongly having or not...

Strategy based on the selection of a random sample from a subpopulation (or more frequently from subpopulations) of a population on which the data are reported. The...

All living organisms of a given region.

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An infectious disease transmissible (as from person to person) by direct contact with an infected individual or the individual’s discharges or by indirect means (as by a vector).

The proportion of the population of interest (target population) that is included in the surveillance activity.

disease or infection caused by an agent which is transmissible from animals to humans.

Any physical or contextual variable that contributes to the likelihood or impact of either a priority zoonotic disease, zoonotic disease event or emergency at the individual or...

The sampling unit or units extracted at certain time from the sampled population

Health care that begins at the time of first encounter between a patient and a provider of health care. It often is primary medical care

The description of the food safety problem and its context.

A disease of high morbidity that is only occasionally present in an animal community.

People particularly suceptible to infection (YOPI-young, old, pregnant, immunocompromised)

Clinical and laboratory surveillance are passive systems that may be enhanced by sentinel surveillance and/or community-based surveillance strategies that rely on a wider range...

The state of complete physical, mental, and social well: being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Health has many dimensions (anatomical, physiological and...

A category of a determinant, in relation to a particular reference category, capable of completing a sufficient cause in some instance in which the reference category is...

Mortality is the number of deaths for a given area during a given period. Infant mortality is the mortality of live-born children aged less than one year.

The invasion of the body or a part of the body by a pathogenic agent, such as a microorganism or virus. Under favorable conditions the agent develops or multiplies, the results...