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Commission Decision of 28 April 2008 amending Decision 2002/253/EC laying down case definitions for reporting communicable diseases to the Community network under Decision No 2119/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document number C(2008) 1589) (Text with EEA relevance) (2008/426/EC)

EU Decision 2008/426 · Adopted 28 April 2008 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Commission Decision

of 28 April 2008

amending Decision 2002/253/EC laying down case definitions for reporting communicable diseases to the Community network under Decision No 2119/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

(notified under document number C(2008) 1589)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/426/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Decision No 2119/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 1998 setting up a network for the epidemiological surveillance and control of communicable diseases in the Communityf1, and in particular Article 3(c) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

According to Article 2 of Commission Decision 2002/253/ECf2 the case definitions laid down in Annex to that Decision should be updated to the extent necessary on the basis of the latest scientific data.

(2)

In accordance with Article 9 of the Regulation (EC) No 851/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 establishing a European Centre for disease prevention and controlf3 (ECDC), the ECDC provided, at the request of the Commission and in agreement with its Advisory Forum, a technical document on case definitions aiding the Commission in the development of intervention strategies in the field of surveillance and response. The technical document has been further published on the web site of the ECDC. The case definitions listed in the Annex to Decision 2002/253/EC should be updated on the basis of this contribution.

(3)

Those case definitions have the purpose of facilitating the reporting on the diseases and special health issues listed in Annex I to Commission Decision 2000/96/EC of 22 December 1999 on the communicable diseases to be progressively covered by the Community network under Decision No 2119/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Councilf4. Decision 2002/253/EC however does not entail any reporting obligation.

(4)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up by Decision No 2119/98/EC,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

OJ L 268, 3.10.1998, p. 1. Decision as last amended by Commission Decision 2007/875/EC (OJ L 344, 28.12.2007, p. 48)

f2

OJ L 86, 3.4.2002, p. 44. Decision as amended by Decision 2003/534/EC (OJ L 184, 23.7.2003, p. 35)

f3

OJ L 142, 30.4.2004, p. 1

f4

OJ L 28, 3.2.2000, p. 50. Decision as last amended by Decision 2007/875/EC.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Annex: EXPLANATION OF THE SECTIONS USED FOR THE DEFINITION AND CLASSIFICATION OF CASES
  5. Clinical criteria
  6. Laboratory criteria
  7. Epidemiological criteria and epidemiological link
  8. Case classification
  9. Possible case
  10. Probable case
  11. Confirmed case
  12. Laboratory-confirmed case with clinical criteria
  13. Laboratory-confirmed case with unknown clinical criteria
  14. Laboratory-confirmed case without clinical criteria
  15. ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS) AND HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) INFECTION
  16. Clinical criteria (AIDS)
  17. Laboratory criteria (HIV)
  18. Epidemiological criteria
  19. Case classification
  20. APossible case
  21. BProbable case
  22. CConfirmed case
  23. (Bacillus anthracis)
  24. Clinical criteria
  25. Cutaneous anthrax
  26. Gastrointestinal anthrax
  27. Inhalational anthrax
  28. Meningeal/meningoencephalitic anthrax
  29. Laboratory criteria
  30. Epidemiological criteria
  31. Case classification
  32. APossible case
  33. BProbable case
  34. CConfirmed case
  35. AVIAN INFLUENZA A/H5 OR A/H5N1 IN HUMANS
  36. Clinical criteria
  37. Laboratory criteria
  38. Epidemiological criteria
  39. Case classification
  40. APossible case
  41. BProbable case
  42. CNationally confirmed case
  43. DWHO confirmed case
  44. (Clostridium botulinum)
  45. Clinical criteria
  46. Food-borne and wound botulism
  47. Infant botulism
  48. Laboratory criteria
  49. Epidemiological criteria
  50. Case classification
  51. APossible case
  52. BProbable case
  53. CConfirmed case
  54. (Brucella spp.)
  55. Clinical criteria
  56. Laboratory criteria
  57. Epidemiological criteria
  58. Case classification
  59. APossible case
  60. BProbable case
  61. CConfirmed case
  62. (Campylobacter spp.)
  63. Clinical criteria
  64. Laboratory criteria
  65. Epidemiological criteria
  66. Case classification
  67. APossible case
  68. BProbable case
  69. CConfirmed case
  70. CHLAMYDIAL INFECTION
  71. Clinical criteria
  72. Chlamydial infection non-LGV
  73. LGV
  74. Laboratory criteria
  75. Chlamydial infection non-LGV
  76. LGV
  77. Epidemiological criteria
  78. Case classification
  79. APossible case
  80. BProbable case
  81. CConfirmed case
  82. (Vibrio cholerae)
  83. Clinical criteria
  84. Laboratory criteria
  85. Epidemiological criteria
  86. Case classification
  87. APossible case
  88. BProbable case
  89. CConfirmed case
  90. VARIANT CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE (VCJD)
  91. Preconditions
  92. Clinical criteria
  93. Diagnostic criteria
  94. Diagnostic criteria for case confirmation:
  95. Diagnostic criteria for a probable or a possible case:
  96. Epidemiological criteria
  97. Case classification
  98. APossible case
  99. BProbable case
  100. CConfirmed case
  101. (Cryptosporidium spp)
  102. Clinical criteria
  103. Laboratory criteria
  104. Epidemiological criteria
  105. Case classification
  106. APossible case
  107. BProbable case
  108. CConfirmed case
  109. (Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulcerans)
  110. Clinical criteria
  111. Respiratory diphtheria:
  112. Nasal diphtheria:
  113. Cutaneous diphtheria:
  114. Diphtheria of other sites:
  115. Laboratory criteria
  116. Epidemiological criteria
  117. Case classification
  118. APossible case
  119. BProbable case
  120. CConfirmed case
  121. (Echinococcus spp)
  122. Clinical criteria
  123. Diagnostic criteria
  124. Epidemiological criteria
  125. Case classification
  126. APossible case
  127. BProbable case
  128. CConfirmed case
  129. SHIGA/VERO TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION (STEC/VTEC)
  130. Clinical criteria
  131. STEC/VTEC diarrhoea
  132. HUS
  133. Laboratory criteria
  134. Epidemiological criteria
  135. Case classification
  136. APossible case of STEC-associated HUS
  137. BProbable case of STEC/VTEC
  138. CConfirmed case of STEC/VTEC
  139. (Giardia lamblia)
  140. Clinical criteria
  141. Laboratory criteria
  142. Epidemiological criteria
  143. Case classification
  144. APossible case
  145. BProbable case
  146. CConfirmed case
  147. (Neisseria gonorrhoeae)
  148. Clinical criteria
  149. Laboratory criteria
  150. Epidemiological criteria
  151. Case classification
  152. APossible case
  153. BProbable case
  154. CConfirmed case
  155. (Haemophilus influenzae)
  156. Clinical criteria
  157. Laboratory criteria
  158. Epidemiological link
  159. Case Classification
  160. APossible case
  161. BProbable case
  162. CConfirmed case
  163. (Hepatitis A Virus)
  164. Clinical criteria
  165. Laboratory criteria
  166. Epidemiological criteria
  167. Case classification
  168. APossible case
  169. BProbable case
  170. CConfirmed case
  171. (influenza virus)
  172. Clinical criteria
  173. Influenza-like illness (ILI)
  174. Acute respiratory infection (ARI)
  175. Laboratory criteria
  176. Epidemiological criteria
  177. Case classification
  178. APossible case
  179. BProbable case
  180. CConfirmed case
  181. (Legionella spp.)
  182. Clinical criteria
  183. Laboratory criteria
  184. Epidemiological criteria
  185. Case classification
  186. APossible case
  187. BProbable case
  188. CConfirmed case
  189. (Leptospira interrogans)
  190. Clinical criteria
  191. Laboratory criteria
  192. Epidemiological criteria
  193. Case classification
  194. APossible case
  195. BProbable case
  196. CConfirmed case
  197. (Listeria monocytogenes)
  198. Clinical criteria
  199. Laboratory criteria
  200. Epidemiological criteria
  201. Additional information
  202. Case classification
  203. APossible case
  204. BProbable case
  205. CConfirmed case
  206. (Plasmodium spp.)
  207. Clinical criteria
  208. Laboratory criteria
  209. Epidemiological criteria
  210. Case classification
  211. APossible case
  212. BProbable case
  213. CConfirmed case
  214. (Measles virus)
  215. Clinical criteria
  216. Laboratory criteria
  217. Epidemiological criteria
  218. Case classification
  219. APossible case
  220. BProbable case
  221. CConfirmed case
  222. (Neisseria meningitidis)
  223. Clinical criteria
  224. Laboratory criteria
  225. Epidemiological criteria
  226. Case classification
  227. APossible case
  228. BProbable case
  229. CConfirmed case
  230. (Mumps virus)
  231. Clinical criteria
  232. Laboratory criteria
  233. Epidemiological criteria
  234. Case classification
  235. APossible case
  236. BProbable case
  237. CConfirmed case
  238. (Bordetella pertussis)
  239. Clinical criteria
  240. Laboratory criteria
  241. Epidemiological criteria
  242. Case classification
  243. APossible case
  244. BProbable case
  245. CConfirmed case
  246. (Yersinia pestis)
  247. Clinical criteria
  248. Bubonic plague:
  249. Septicaemic plague:
  250. Pneumonic plague:
  251. Laboratory criteria
  252. Epidemiological criteria
  253. Case classification
  254. APossible case
  255. BProbable case
  256. CConfirmed case
  257. (Streptococcus pneumoniae)
  258. Clinical criteria
  259. Laboratory criteria
  260. Epidemiological criteria
  261. Case classification
  262. APossible case
  263. BProbable case
  264. CConfirmed case
  265. (Polio virus)
  266. Clinical criteria
  267. Laboratory criteria
  268. Epidemiological criteria
  269. Case classification
  270. APossible case
  271. BProbable case
  272. CConfirmed case
  273. (Coxiella burnetii)
  274. Clinical criteria
  275. Laboratory criteria
  276. Epidemiological criteria
  277. Case classification
  278. APossible case
  279. BProbable case
  280. CConfirmed case
  281. (Lyssa virus)
  282. Clinical criteria
  283. Laboratory criteria
  284. Epidemiological criteria
  285. Case classification
  286. APossible case
  287. BProbable case
  288. CConfirmed case
  289. (Rubella virus)
  290. Clinical criteria
  291. Laboratory criteria
  292. Epidemiological criteria
  293. Case classification
  294. APossible case
  295. BProbable case
  296. CConfirmed case
  297. (Salmonella spp. other than S. Typhi and S. Paratyphi)
  298. Clinical criteria
  299. Laboratory criteria
  300. Epidemiological criteria
  301. Case classification
  302. APossible case
  303. BProbable case
  304. CConfirmed case
  305. (SARS-coronavirus, SARS-CoV)
  306. Clinical criteria
  307. Laboratory criteria
  308. Epidemiological criteria
  309. Case classification for the inter-epidemic period
  310. APossible case
  311. BProbable case
  312. CNationally confirmed case
  313. DConfirmed case
  314. Case classification during an outbreak
  315. APossible case
  316. BProbable case
  317. CNationally confirmed case
  318. DConfirmed case
  319. (Shigella spp.)
  320. Clinical criteria
  321. Laboratory criteria
  322. Epidemiological criteria
  323. Case classification
  324. APossible case
  325. BProbable case
  326. CConfirmed case
  327. (Variola virus)
  328. Clinical criteria
  329. Laboratory criteria
  330. Epidemiological criteria
  331. Case classification
  332. APossible case
  333. BProbable case
  334. CConfirmed case
  335. (Treponema pallidum)
  336. Clinical criteria
  337. Laboratory criteria
  338. Epidemiological criteria
  339. Case classification
  340. APossible case
  341. BProbable case
  342. CConfirmed case
  343. (Clostridium tetani)
  344. Clinical criteria
  345. Laboratory criteria
  346. Epidemiological criteria
  347. Case classification
  348. APossible case
  349. BProbable case
  350. CConfirmed case
  351. (Toxoplasma gondii)
  352. Clinical criteria
  353. Laboratory criteria
  354. Epidemiological criteria
  355. Case classification
  356. APossible case
  357. BProbable case
  358. CConfirmed case
  359. (Trichinella spp.)
  360. Clinical criteria
  361. Laboratory criteria
  362. Epidemiological criteria
  363. Case classification
  364. APossible case
  365. BProbable case
  366. CConfirmed case
  367. (Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex)
  368. Clinical criteria
  369. Laboratory criteria
  370. Epidemiological criteria
  371. Case classification
  372. APossible case
  373. BProbable case
  374. CConfirmed case
  375. (Francisella tularensis)
  376. Clinical criteria
  377. Laboratory criteria
  378. Epidemiological criteria
  379. Case classification
  380. APossible case
  381. BProbable case
  382. CConfirmed case
  383. (Salmonella Typhi/Paratyphi)
  384. Clinical criteria
  385. Laboratory criteria
  386. Epidemiological criteria
  387. Case classification
  388. APossible case
  389. BProbable case
  390. CConfirmed case
  391. VIRAL HAEMORRHAGIC FEVERS
  392. Clinical criteria
  393. Laboratory criteria
  394. Epidemiological criteria
  395. Case classification
  396. APossible case
  397. BProbable case
  398. CConfirmed case
  399. (West Nile virus infection, WNV)
  400. Clinical criteria
  401. Laboratory criteria
  402. Epidemiological criteria
  403. Case classification
  404. APossible case
  405. BProbable case
  406. CConfirmed case
  407. (Yellow fever virus)
  408. Clinical criteria
  409. Laboratory criteria
  410. Epidemiological criteria
  411. Case classification
  412. APossible case
  413. BProbable case
  414. CConfirmed case
  415. (Yersinia enterocolitica, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis)
  416. Clinical criteria
  417. Laboratory criteria
  418. Epidemiological criteria
  419. Case classification
  420. APossible case
  421. BProbable case
  422. CConfirmed case