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Division Case Classification

United Kingdom

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  1. A..

    Possible case

    Any person meeting the clinical criteria

  2. B..

    Probable case

    Any person meeting the clinical criteria and with at least one of the following two:

    • An epidemiological link to a confirmed human case by human to human transmission

    • Meeting the laboratory criteria for a probable case

  3. C..

    Confirmed case

    Any person meeting the laboratory criteria for case confirmation

    During an outbreak: any person meeting the clinical criteria with an epidemiological link