# Commission Implementing Decision of 8 August 2012 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 C(2012) 5538) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/506/EU), Division: Laboratory Criteria

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

At least one of the following four:
Isolation of measles virus from a clinical specimen
Detection of measles virus nucleic acid in a clinical specimen
Measles virus specific antibody response characteristic for acute infection in serum or saliva
Detection of measles virus antigen by DFA in a clinical specimen using measles specific monoclonal antibodies
Laboratory results need to be interpreted according to the vaccination status. If recently vaccinated, investigate for wild virus

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2012/506/annex/division/2/division/2.25/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-506/annex/division-2/division-2.25/division-2
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