# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/945 of 22 June 2018 on the communicable diseases and related special health issues to be covered by epidemiological surveillance as well as relevant case definitions (Text with EEA relevance), Division: Laboratory Criteria

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

At least one of the following three:
Isolation of BoNT-producing clostridia (for example, Clostridium botulinum, C. baratii, C. butyricum) for infant botulism (stool) or wound botulism (wound);
Detection of botulinum neurotoxins in a clinical specimen;
Detection of genes encoding for botulinum neurotoxins in a clinical specimen.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/945/annex/II/division/3/division/3.2/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-945/annex-II/division-3/division-3.2/division-2
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