# 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), Division: Laboratory criteria

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Laboratory criteria for case confirmation
At least one of the following three:
Isolation of rubella virus from a clinical specimen
Detection of rubella virus nucleic acid in a clinical specimen
Rubella virus specific antibody response (IgG) in serum or saliva
Laboratory criteria for probable case
Rubella virus specific antibody response (IgM)
Laboratory results need to be interpreted according to the vaccination status

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2008/426/annex/division/RUBELLA/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-426/annex/division-RUBELLA/division-2
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