| reportable disease | <epidemiology> Diseases, usually of an infectious nature, whose occurrence is required by law to be made known to a health officer or local government authority. (05 Dec 1998) |
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| reporter gene | <molecular biology> A gene that encodes an easily assayed product (e.g. CAT) that is coupled to the upstream sequence of another gene and transfected into cells. The reporter gene can then be used to see which factors activate response elements in the upstream region of the gene of interest. (18 Nov 1997) |
| reporting, anonymous | In public health, anonymous reporting permits the acquisition of certain data such as the proportion of persons with a positive test or with a disease. It is different from anonymous testing, in which no name is used on the test sample. (12 Dec 1998) |
| reporting, named | In public health, named reporting is the reporting of infected persons by name to public health departments. This is standard practice for the surveillance of many infectious diseases such as syphilis, gonorrhoea, and tuberculosis that pose a public health threat. The opposite of named reporting is anonymous testing in which the individual remains nameless. (12 Dec 1998) |
| reporting, unique identifier | In public health, a system that uses information such as the person's birth date and part of their identification number (in the u.s., the social security number) to create a unique code that is reported instead of a name. It is an alternative to named reporting that provides some of the surveillance benefits of reporting by name, such as the elimination of duplicate reports, while reducing privacy concerns by avoiding use of a person's name. This system is used with HIV testing for example in maryland and texas. (12 Dec 1998) |
| meeting report | A published record of the presentations at a meeting of a society, association, or similar body or of transactions at a symposium, colloquium, seminar, workshop, round table, conference, or congress. Mere notification of the date and place of the meeting is not within the scope of this publication type. It is to be used, rather, for the proceedings or transactions of the sessions, often with presentation of papers. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| technical report | A formal report giving details of the investigation and results of a medical or other scientific problem. When issued by a government agency or comparable official body, its contents may be classified, unclassified, or declassified with regard to security clearance. This publication type may also cover a scientific paper or article that records the current state or current position of scientific research and development. If so labelled by the editor or publisher, this publication type may be properly used for journal articles. (12 Dec 1998) |