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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-945/annex-II/division-3/division-3.40/division-2",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2018/945",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
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  "path": "annex/II/division/3/division/3.40/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Laboratory Criteria",
  "text": "At least one of the following four:\nIsolation/cultivation of Escherichia coli that produces Shiga toxin/verocytotoxin or harbours stx1/vtx1 or stx2/vtx2 gene(s)\nIsolation of non-sorbitol-fermenting (NSF) Escherichia coli O157 (without testing for the toxin or toxin-producing genes)\nDirect detection of stx1/vtx1 or stx2/vtx2 gene(s) nucleic acid\nDirect detection of free Shiga toxin/verocytotoxin in faeces\nOnly for HUS the following can be used as a laboratory criterion to confirm STEC/VTEC:\nEscherichia coli serogroup-specific (LPS) antibody response",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/945/annex/II/division/3/division/3.40/division/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:03.598650+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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