Table 8. Bottom 10 criteria rank-ordered by mean score by the public and professional focus groups.

Rank	Focus group	Criteria	Themes	Human, animal or pathogen/disease	Mean Score
35	Public	Seasonality of the disease+	Disease epidemiology	Disease	3.6
34	Public	Endemicity of the disease due to climate	Disease epidemiology	Disease	4.1
33	Public	Socioeconomic burden of the disease in humans	Socioeconomic impact	Human	4.1
32	Public	Reproductive consequences in humans	Burden of illness	Human	4.4
31	Public	Geographic distribution of the disease+	International considerations	Pathogen/disease	4.8
30	Public	Disease in human beyond control measures	Control measures	Human	4.8
29	Public	Disease trend	Disease epidemiology	Disease	5.0
28	Public	Co-infection in humans	Burden of illness	Human	5.1
27	Public	Geographic source of the disease	International considerations	Pathogen/disease	5.1
26	Public	Immunogenicity in humans+	Disease epidemiology	Human	5.2
46	Professional	Seasonality of the disease+	Disease epidemiology	Disease	3.3
45	Professional	Test characteristics in humans (accuracy, multiple tests)	Diagnosis	Human	3.9
44	Professional	Geographic distribution of the disease+	International considerations	Pathogen/disease	4.0
43	Professional	High-risk groups in animals	Disease epidemiology	Animal	4.5
42	Professional	Immunogenicity in humans+	Disease epidemiology	Human	4.6
41	Professional	Ease of diagnosis and lead-time in diagnosis in humans	Diagnosis	Human	4.9
40	Professional	Risk of endemicity in humans	Disease epidemiology	Human	5.0
39	Professional	Scientific knowledge of the disease	Disease knowledge	Pathogen/disease	5.1
38	Professional	Potential to eradicate the disease in humans	Control measures	Human	5.1
37	Professional	Risk of endemicity in animals	Disease epidemiology	Animal	5.1

⁺Shared criterion identified as one of bottom ten criteria by both the public and the professional groups.