Commission Decision of 19 March 2002 laying down case definitions for reporting communicable diseases to the Community network under Decision No 2119/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document number C(2002) 1043) (2002/253/EC) (repealed) (c. 253)

[F1 ANNEX U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision of 8 August 2012 amending Decision 2002/253/EC laying down case definitions for reporting communicable diseases to the Community network under Decision No 2119/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2012) 5538) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/506/EU).

2. CASE DEFINITIONS OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES U.K.

2.49. TYPHOID/PARATYPHOID FEVER ( Salmonella typhi/paratyphi ) U.K.

Clinical Criteria U.K.

Any person with at least one of the following two:

• Onset of sustained fever

• At least two of the following four:

  • Headache

  • Relative bradycardia

  • Non-productive cough

  • Diarrhoea, constipation, malaise or abdominal pain

Paratyphoid fever has the same symptoms as typhoid fever, however usually a milder course

Laboratory Criteria U.K.

• Isolation of Salmonella typhi or paratyphi from a clinical specimen

Epidemiological Criteria U.K.

At least one of the following three epidemiological links:

• Exposure to a common source

• Human to human transmission

• Exposure to contaminated food/drinking water

Case Classification U.K.

A. Possible case NA U.K.

B. Probable case U.K.

Any person meeting the clinical criteria and with an epidemiological link

C. Confirmed case U.K.

Any person meeting the clinical and the laboratory criteria]