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Number of Blossarys: 5
English (EN) Average number of infected, generated by an infectious person entering a totally susceptible population.
WHO's approach to risk communication in outbreaks, with the objective of rapid promotion of outbreak control and mitigation of social disruption [...]
Any departure, subjective or objective, from a state of physiological or psychological wellbeing. In this sense sickness, illness and morbid condition are similarly defined and synonymous; can be ...
The first case in a family or other defined group to come to the attention of the investigator. French: cas repère; cas de référence. Spanish: caso índice.
Critical incidence specified a priori, which, if exceeded, triggers declaration of an epidemic or predetermined public health responses. French: seuil épidémique.
A family of viruses that cause hemorrhagic fever. Filoviruses have single-stranded RNA as their genetic material. Ebola virus and the Marburg virus are both filoviruses. French: Filoviridae. Spanish: ...
Disease that is normally absent from a community or present at a low-to moderate level but which can suddenly become epidemic.
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