Annex EXPLANATION OF THE SECTIONS USED FOR THE DEFINITION AND CLASSIFICATION OF CASES

United Kingdom

1. Clinical criteria
2. Laboratory criteria
3. Epidemiological criteria and epidemiological link
4. Case classification
5. Possible case
6. Probable case
7. Confirmed case
8. Laboratory-confirmed case with clinical criteria
9. Laboratory-confirmed case with unknown clinical criteria
10. Laboratory-confirmed case without clinical criteria
11. ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS) AND HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV) INFECTION
12. ANTHRAX(Bacillus anthracis)
13. AVIAN INFLUENZA A/H5 OR A/H5N1 IN HUMANS
14. BOTULISM(Clostridium botulinum)
15. BRUCELLOSIS(Brucella spp.)
16. CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS(Campylobacter spp.)
17. CHLAMYDIAL INFECTION
18. CHOLERA(Vibrio cholerae)
19. VARIANT CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE (VCJD)
20. CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS(Cryptosporidium spp)
21. DIPHTHERIA(Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulcerans)
22. ECHINOCOCCOSIS(Echinococcus spp)
23. SHIGA/VERO TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION (STEC/VTEC)
24. GIARDIASIS(Giardia lamblia)
25. GONORRHOEA(Neisseria gonorrhoeae)
26. HAEMOPHILUS MENINGITIS, INVASIVE DISEASE(Haemophilus influenzae)
27. HEPATITIS A(Hepatitis A Virus)
28. INFLUENZA(influenza virus)
29. LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE(Legionella spp.)
30. LEPTOSPIROSIS(Leptospira interrogans)
31. LISTERIOSIS(Listeria monocytogenes)
32. MALARIA(Plasmodium spp.)
33. MEASLES(Measles virus)
34. MENINGOCCOCAL DISEASE, INVASIVE(Neisseria meningitidis)
35. MUMPS(Mumps virus)
36. PERTUSSIS(Bordetella pertussis)
37. PLAGUE(Yersinia pestis)
38. PNEUMOCOCCAL INVASIVE DISEASE(S)(Streptococcus pneumoniae)
39. POLIOMYELITIS(Polio virus)
40. Q FEVER(Coxiella burnetii)
41. RABIES(Lyssa virus)
42. RUBELLA(Rubella virus)
43. SALMONELLOSIS(Salmonella spp. other than S. Typhi and S. Paratyphi)
44. SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME — SARS(SARS-coronavirus, SARS-CoV)
45. SHIGELLOSIS(Shigella spp.)
46. SMALLPOX(Variola virus)
47. SYPHILIS(Treponema pallidum)
48. TETANUS(Clostridium tetani)
49. TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL(Toxoplasma gondii)
50. TRICHINELLOSIS(Trichinella spp.)
51. TUBERCULOSIS(Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex)
52. TULARAEMIA(Francisella tularensis)
53. TYPHOID/PARATYPHOID FEVER(Salmonella Typhi/Paratyphi)
54. VIRAL HAEMORRHAGIC FEVERS
55. WEST NILE FEVER(West Nile virus infection, WNV)
56. YELLOW FEVER(Yellow fever virus)
57. YERSINIOSIS(Yersinia enterocolitica, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis)