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Average number of infected, generated by an infectious person entering a totally susceptible population. French: taux de reproduction de base. Spanish: tasa básica de reproducción.
Percentage of persons diagnosed as having a specified disease who die as a result of that illness within a given period. French: taux de létalité. Spanish: tasa de letalidad.
The US agency charged with tracking and investigating public health trends. French: Centres pour le contrôle et la prévention des maladies (CDC). Spanish: Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC).
The process of tracking down anyone whom a patient may have exposed to Ebola. French: recherche des contacts. Spanish: rastreo de contactos.
Identification of a specific disease at an early stage in the natural history of the disease. French: dépistage précoce; dépistage précoce. Spanish: detección precoz.
Sensitive analytical technique in which an enzyme is complexed to an antigen or antibody; a substrate is then added which generates a colour proportional to the amount of binding. French: essai immuno-enzymatique; test ELISA; essai d'immuno-absorption enzymatique ELISA; Spanish: análisis de ...
Disease that is normally absent from a community or present at a low-to moderate level but which can suddenly become epidemic.
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: Filoviridae.