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    Complete Linkage Clustering

    One of several methods of agglomerative hierarchical clustering. At the beginning of the process, each element is in a cluster of its own. The clusters are then sequentially...
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    Spatio-temporal Pattern

    A pattern on the distribution of cases/health events on space and time different from the null hypothesis of random distribution of cases/health events in space and time.
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    Intensive

    Relating to or marked by intensity; denoting a form of treatment by means of very large doses or of substances possessing great strength or activity.
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    Interlaboratory Study

    Study of the performance of the alternative method using identical samples in several laboratories and controlled by the expert laboratory.
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    Foodborne Zoonoses

    Food-borne zoonotic diseases are caused by consuming food or drinking water contaminated by pathogenic (disease-causing) micro-organisms such as bacteria and their toxins,...
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    Antibiotic Resistance

    Property of bacteria that confers the capacity to inactivate or exclude antibiotics or a mechanism that blocks the inhibitory or killing effects of antibiotics.
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    Point Source Outbreak

    Common source outbreaks where the source has infected cases at one particular geographical location, during a short period of time, are called 'point source outbreaks'. In such...
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    Risk Analysis

    A process consisting of three interconnected components: risk assessment, risk management and risk communication
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    External Experts

    Independent scientific experts who carry out scientific assessments and develop related assessment methodologies
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    Species Barrier

    Difficulty or impossibility for an infectious agent to pass from one species to another (due to differences between species).
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    Reference genome

    A curated consensus sequence for all of the DNA in the genome (all of the chromosomes) of a species of organism. Because the reference genome is created as the synthesis of a...
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    Clone (Cell biology)

    A clone is a group of identical cells (e.g. bacteria) that share a common ancestry, meaning they are derived from the same cell.
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    Risk Communication

    Is the interactive transmission and exchange of information and opinions throughout the risk analysis process concerning risk, risk-related factors and risk perceptions among...
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    Pattern of disease occurrence: New also: emerging

    A previously undefined (unknown) disease or condition, which might result from the evolution or change in an existing pathogen or parasite resulting in a change of strain, host...
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    Pilot Study Performance Indicator

    See "performance indicator"
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