{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-945/annex-II/division-3/division-3.8/division-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-945/annex-II/division-3/division-3.8/division-5.json",
  "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-945",
  "path": "annex/II/division/3/division/3.8/division/5",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Case Classification",
  "text": "A.. Possible case\nAny person fulfilling the preconditions\nAND\nmeeting the clinical criteria\nAND\na negative EEG for sporadic CJD\nB.. Probable case\nAny person fulfilling the preconditions\nAND\nmeeting the clinical criteria\nAND\na negative EEG for sporadic CJD\nAND\na positive MRI brain scan\nOR\nAny person fulfilling the preconditions\nAND\na positive tonsil biopsy\nC.. Confirmed case\nAny person fulfilling the preconditions\nAND\nmeeting the diagnostic criteria for case confirmation",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The typical appearance of the EEG in sporadic CJD consists of generalised periodic complexes at approximately one per second. These may occasionally be seen in the late stages of vCJD"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The typical appearance of the EEG in sporadic CJD consists of generalised periodic complexes at approximately one per second. These may occasionally be seen in the late stages of vCJD"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/945/annex/II/division/3/division/3.8/division/5",
    "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."
}