Preferred term
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- 2026-07-24T12:18:08
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- http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
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- a27404cf
attack rate
Definition
A complete explanation of the intended meaning of a concept- La tasa de incidencia que se obtiene en una situación de brote o epidemia se denomina tasa de ataque de la enfermedad y se expresa usualmente como un porcentaje.
- Le taux d'attaque est une incidence cumulée calculée sur une très courte période de temps Δt. Le terme "taux d'attaque" est communément utilisé dans les investigations d'épidémies.
- Proportion of people that contract a disease in a population initially free of the disease, i.e. during a disease outbreak. It is used in hypothetical predictions and during actual outbreaks of disease. An at-risk population is defined as one that has no immunity to the attacking pathogen, which can be either a novel pathogen or an established pathogen. It is used to project the number of infections to expect during an epidemic.
Broader concept
Broader conceptNarrower concepts
Narrower concepts.Scope note
Notes about the usage and scope of the concept.- The term “attack rate” is often used instead of incidence during a disease outbreak in a narrowly-defined population over a short period of time. The attack rate can be calculated as the number of people affected divided by the number exposed.
In other languages
Terms for the concept in other languages.French
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taux d'attaque
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- 2026-07-24T13:03:57
- void:inDataset
- http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
- Notation
- a27404cf
Portuguese
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taxa de ataque
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- 2026-07-24T13:04:50
- void:inDataset
- http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
- Notation
- a27404cf
Spanish
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Tasa de ataque
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- 2026-07-24T13:03:30
- void:inDataset
- http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
- Notation
- a27404cf
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Tasa de transmisión
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- 2026-07-24T13:08:28
- void:inDataset
- http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc
- Notation
- 96201af3
URI
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_a27404cf