describing Heath and DIsease: An Introduction to Surveillance

what is the regional organisation

ECDC

why is surveillance imporant

track zoonotic diseases

detect new diseases

preventative measures

describe changes in health or threatening populations in health

disease modellung

international trade status

farm, practice or region is free from disease

what are the disadvantages of active surveillance

expensive

uneffective for uncommon diseases

impossible for unknown diseases

why isn’t passive surveillance representative

it relies on random people coming forward, so there aren’t specific numbers of samples from different populations

what is probability of detection by surveillance basted on

system sensitivity

test sensitivity

coverage

representative of sample

disease prevalence

pandemic definition

epidemic/outbreak crossing international borders and lots of individuals affected

exotic disease definition

endomic disease elsewhere, but arrive to disease-free area of interest

what are the factors affecting the effectiveness of passive surveillance

farm and owner factors

vet factors

lab factors

relationship factors

disease and animal factors

what is the name of the delegate

CVO

why did WOAH form

to udnerstand and address animal diseases at a global scale

who decides national notifiable diseases

the government

give a notifiable disease that is exotic

rabies