# 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 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/2018/945/annex/II/division/3/division/3.27/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-945/annex-II/division-3/division-3.27/division-2
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