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Formats: Public Health Tags: Epidemiology

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    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.
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    Vulnerability

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    Vector

    An animal, most often an arthropod, which picks up the pathogen from an infected person or animal and transmits it to a susceptible individual.
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    Cluster

    An aggregation of cases of a disease, injury, or other health condition (particularly cancer and birth defects) in a circumscribed area during a particular period without regard...
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    Hazard

    Inherent capability of an agent or a situation to have an adverse effect. A factor or exposure that may adversely affect health. Loosely, in lay speech a synonym for RISK; in...
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    Hazard Analysis

    In public health risk assessment: The qualitative or quantitative estimation of the likelihood of adverse effects that may result from exposure to specified health hazards or...
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    Incidence Rate

    The number of new cases per population at risk in a given time period.
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    Incidence Proportion

    The number of new cases within a specified time period divided by the size of the population initially at risk.
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    Primary Case

    An individual who brings the disease into the population (where the population can be any defined group of people)
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    Acceptability and Engagement

    Willingness of persons and organisations to participate in the surveillance system, and the degree to which each of these users is involved in the surveillance process including...
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    Risk Reduction

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    Disease Status

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    Case Definition

    A set of uniformly applied criteria for determining whether a person should be identified as having a particular disease, injury, or other health condition. In epidemiology,...
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    Attack Rate (AT)

    Attack rates are actually risks (or "incidence proportion" or "cumulative incidence"). Attack rates are often expressed as a percentage. An attack rate is not an incidence rate....
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    Incidence

    The number of instances of illness commencing, or of persons falling ill, during a given period in a specified population
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    Risk/factor/ Risk Determinant

    An attribute or exposure that increases the probability of occurrence of disease or other specified outcome.
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    Case Fatality Rate (CFR)

    The proportion of persons with a particular condition (cases) who die from that condition. The denominator is the number of incident cases; the numerator is the number of...
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    Serovars

    Serovar is a synonym for serotype. That is a serologically and antigenically distinct variety of microorganism, like a subgroup of a species of bacteria. In other words, they...
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    Reproductive Rate

    The potential for a contagious disease to spread from person to person in a population.
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    Probable Case Definition

    Classification of cases is based on clinical criteria, epidemiological link, and presumptive laboratory criteria
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