Friday, May 17, 2024, 3:15 AM
Site: Extension Foundation Online Campus
Course: Avian Influenza Biosecurity for Backyard Flock Owners (AvianInfluenza)
Glossary: Glossary/Acronyms
SITCSmuggling Interdiction and Trade Compliance Agency |
USDAUnited States Department of Agriculture |
VIVirus Isolation |
WHOWorld Health Organization |
CDCCenters for Disease Control and Prevention |
Case Fatality Ratio A ratio that shows the number of deaths in infected cases over the total number of infected cases. |
ReservoirThe long-term host of a pathogen that remains asymptomatic from the disease it carries. |
Vaccination The introduction of a weakened or killed microbe into the body in order to stimulate the immune system to produce antibodies against that microbe, thereby preventing disease upon next exposure. |
VirusA virus is a very small entity that consist essentially of a core of RNA or DNA surrounded by a protein coat that replicates, or copies itself, inside living cells |
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) A technique for rapidly synthesizing large quantities of a given DNA segment. |