Investigation guidelines aquatic animal disease 13844 AG Investigation guidelines aquatic animal disease_A5_V9_WEB | Page 3

Contents

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Introduction
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STEP 1
Confirm there is an outbreak
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STEP 2 Define a Case
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STEP 3
Collect data
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STEP 4
Describe the temporal pattern of new cases
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STEP 5
Describe the spatial pattern of new cases
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STEP 6
Describe the population pattern of new cases
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STEP 7
Analyse the data
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STEP 8
Verify the Diagnosis
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STEP 9
Develop a working hypothesis
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STEP10 Communicating the findings
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SUPPORT MATERIAL
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Diagnostic test time out 63 Sample submission 67 Resources 76
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References 78 10