Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria and epidemiological link
Case classification
Possible case
Probable case
Confirmed case
Laboratory-confirmed case with clinical criteria
Laboratory-confirmed case with unknown clinical criteria
Laboratory-confirmed case without clinical criteria
ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS) AND HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) INFECTION...
Clinical criteria (AIDS)
Laboratory criteria (HIV)
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
ANTHRAX (Bacillus anthracis)
Clinical criteria
Cutaneous anthrax
Gastrointestinal anthrax
Inhalational anthrax
Meningeal/meningoencephalitic anthrax
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
AVIAN INFLUENZA A/H5 OR A/H5N1 IN HUMANS
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Nationally confirmed case
D. WHO confirmed case
BOTULISM (Clostridium botulinum)
Clinical criteria
Food-borne and wound botulism
Infant botulism
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
BRUCELLOSIS (Brucella spp.)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS (Campylobacter spp.)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
CHLAMYDIAL INFECTION (Chlamydia trachomatis) INCLUDING LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM (LGV) Clinical criteria Any person...INCLUDING LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM (LGV) Clinical criteria Any person with at...
Clinical criteria
Chlamydial infection non-LGV
LGV
Laboratory criteria
Chlamydial infection non-LGV
LGV
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
CHOLERA (Vibrio cholerae)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
VARIANT CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE (VCJD)
Preconditions
Clinical criteria
Diagnostic criteria
Diagnostic criteria for case confirmation:
Diagnostic criteria for a probable or a possible case:
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS (Cryptosporidium spp)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
DIPHTHERIA (Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulcerans)
Clinical criteria
Respiratory diphtheria:
Nasal diphtheria:
Cutaneous diphtheria:
Diphtheria of other sites:
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
ECHINOCOCCOSIS (Echinococcus spp)
Clinical criteria
Diagnostic criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
SHIGA/VERO TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION (STEC/VTEC)
Clinical criteria
STEC/VTEC diarrhoea
HUS
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case of STEC-associated HUS
B. Probable case of STEC/VTEC
C. Confirmed case of STEC/VTEC
GIARDIASIS (Giardia lamblia)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
GONORRHOEA (Neisseria gonorrhoeae)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
HAEMOPHILUS MENINGITIS, INVASIVE DISEASE (Haemophilus influenzae)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological link
Case Classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
HEPATITIS A (Hepatitis A Virus)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
HEPATITIS B, ACUTE (Hepatitis B virus)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
HEPATITIS C (Hepatitis C virus)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
INFLUENZA (influenza virus)
Clinical criteria
Influenza-like illness (ILI)
Acute respiratory infection (ARI)
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE (Legionella spp.)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
LEPTOSPIROSIS (Leptospira interrogans)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
LISTERIOSIS (Listeria monocytogenes)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Additional information
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
MALARIA (Plasmodium spp.)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
MEASLES (Measles virus)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
MENINGOCCOCAL DISEASE, INVASIVE (Neisseria meningitidis)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
MUMPS (Mumps virus)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
PERTUSSIS (Bordetella pertussis)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
PLAGUE (Yersinia pestis)
Clinical criteria
Bubonic plague:
Septicaemic plague:
Pneumonic plague:
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
PNEUMOCOCCAL INVASIVE DISEASE(S) (Streptococcus pneumoniae)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
POLIOMYELITIS (Polio virus)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
Q FEVER (Coxiella burnetii)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
RABIES (Lyssa virus)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
RUBELLA (Rubella virus)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
RUBELLA, CONGENITAL (Including congenital rubella syndrome)
Clinical criteria
Congenital rubella infection (CRI)
Congenital rubella syndrome (CRS)
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification Congenital Rubella
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
SALMONELLOSIS (Salmonella spp. other than S. Typhi and S. Paratyphi)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME — SARS (SARS-coronavirus, SARS-CoV)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification for the inter-epidemic period
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Nationally confirmed case
D. Confirmed case
Case classification during an outbreak
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Nationally confirmed case
D. Confirmed case
SHIGELLOSIS (Shigella spp.)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
SMALLPOX (Variola virus)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
SYPHILIS (Treponema pallidum)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
SYPHILIS, CONGENITAL AND NEONATAL (Treponema pallidum)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
TETANUS (Clostridium tetani)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL (Toxoplasma gondii)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
TRICHINELLOSIS (Trichinella spp.)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
TUBERCULOSIS (Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
TULARAEMIA (Francisella tularensis)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
TYPHOID/PARATYPHOID FEVER (Salmonella Typhi/Paratyphi)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
VIRAL HAEMORRHAGIC FEVERS
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
WEST NILE FEVER (West Nile virus infection, WNV)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
YELLOW FEVER (Yellow fever virus)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case
YERSINIOSIS (Yersinia enterocolitica, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis)
Clinical criteria
Laboratory criteria
Epidemiological criteria
Case classification
A. Possible case
B. Probable case
C. Confirmed case