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indicator
Quantitative variable or qualitative factor that provides a simple and reliable means to measure achievement, to reflect the changes connected to activities, or to help assess... -
event-based (media-based, digital) surveillance
Surveillance that complements indicator-based surveillance by continuously scanning the Internet and other communication media to detect information that might lead to the... -
health inequalities
Differences in health status or in the distribution of health determinants between different population groups. -
critical control point
A step at which control can be applied and is essential to prevent or eliminate a food safety hazard or reduce it to an acceptable level. -
contigs
A contiguous stretch of DNA sequence that is the result of assembly of multiple overlapping sequence reads into a single consensus sequence. A contig requires a complete tiling... -
exposure assessment
Process of estimating concentration or intensity, duration, and frequency of exposure to an agent that can affect health. -
gold standard
A method, procedure, or measurement that is widely accepted as being the best available. Often used to compare with new methods. -
hazard-specific (targeted) surveillance
Surveillance that is focused on one or more pre-defined hazards (disease, condition, biological, chemical or physical agent, or event) often this form of surveillance uses... -
descriptive epidemiological analysis
Data analysis describing the observations. findings are often presented over time and in relation to the metadata collected along side the sample eg. origin, type, animal,... -
food or feed import
The release for free circulation of feed or food or the intention to release feed or food for free circulation within the meaning of Article 79 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 in... -
contaminant
A contaminant is any substance not intentionally added to food which is present in such food as a result of the production (including operations carried out in crop husbandry,... -
cluster
Aggregations of relatively uncommon events or diseases in space and/or time in amounts that are believed or perceived to be greater than could be expected by chance. -
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...