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Division Case Classification

United Kingdom

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  1. A..

    Possible case

    Any person meeting the clinical and the epidemiological criteria

  2. B..

    Probable case

    Any person with a positive test for influenza A/H5 or A/H5N1 performed by a laboratory which is not a National Reference Laboratory participating in the EU Community Network of Reference Laboratories for human influenza (CNRL)

  3. C..

    Nationally confirmed case

    Any person with a positive test for influenza A/H5 or A/H5N1 performed by a National Reference Laboratory participating in the EU Community Network of Reference Laboratories for human influenza (CNRL)

  4. D..

    WHO confirmed case

    Any person with a laboratory confirmation by a WHO Collaborating Centre for H5