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adverse health effect
A change in the morphology, physiology, growth, development, reproduction or life span of an organism, system, or (sub)population that results in an impairment of functional... -
enhanced passive surveillance
Passive clinical and laboratory surveillance systems that are enhanced by sentinel surveillance and/or community-based surveillance strategies that rely on a wider range of... -
indistinguishable causative agent
causative agent that has been characterised to the level (of speciation/sub-typing (e.g. sero-/phage-/ribotyping), or molecular typing) needed to link the human cases to each... -
epidemic
The occurrence of more cases of disease than expected in a given area or among a specific group of people over a particular period of time. -
disease status
The current state of the disease in the geographical area covered. E.g. free of disease, endemic, etc. -
dose response assessment
The determination of the relationship between the magnitude of exposure (dose) to a chemical, biological or physical agent and the severity and/or frequency of associated... -
corrective action
Any action to be taken when the results of monitoring at the CCP indicate a loss of control. -
antimicrobial classification
antimicrobials are classified in several ways, including: spectrum of activity, effect on bacteria and mode of action -
antimicrobial resistance
the ability of microorganisms of certain species to survive or even grow in the presence of a given concentration of an antimicrobial agent that is usually sufficient to inhibit... -
disease status
The current state of the disease in the geographical area covered. E.g. free of disease, endemic, etc. -
core genome mlst (cgmlst)
Strain differentiation by determining the number different alleles in a predefined set of loci that represents core genes. -
clinical breakpoint
Breakpoints are discriminatory antimicrobial concentrations used in the interpretation of results of susceptibility testing to define isolates as susceptible, intermediate or... -
hazard characterization
The qualitative and/or quantitative evaluation of the nature of the adverse health effects associated with biological, chemical and physical agents, which may be present in food. -
clinical investigation
clinical investigation in animals is considered as a selective way of sampling and results in a number of samples obtained in a passive way. The samples obtained and analysed... -
descriptive epidemiology
Study of the occurrence of disease or other health-related characteristics in human populations. General observations concerning the relationship of disease to basic... -
introduction
import and the placing of goods under the customs procedures referred to in points (b) to (f) of Article 4(16) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92, as well as their entry into a free...