# 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.

At least one of the following four laboratory tests:
Demonstration of Treponema pallidum in lesion exudates or tissues by dark-field microscopic examination
Demonstration of Treponema pallidum in lesion exudates or tissues by DFA test
Demonstration of Treponema in lesion exudates or tissues by PCR
Detection of Treponema pallidum antibodies by screening test (TPHA, TPPA or EIA) AND additionally detection of Tp-IgM antibodies (by IgM-ELISA, IgM immunoblot or 19S-IgM-FTA-abs) — confirmed by a second IgM assay

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