Laboratory case definitions for diagnosis of communicable diseases

The Public Health Laboratory Network have developed a case definition to be used for diagnosis of certain communicable diseases. This page contains links to these case definitions.

Page last updated: 01 December 2021

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Alphavirus and flavivirus

Anthrax

Australian bat lyssavirus infection

B

Botulism

Brucellosis

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Campylobacter

Chlamydia

Chlamydophila Psittaci

Cholera

Clostridiodes difficile infection (CDI)

Clostridium perfringens enteritis

Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (CJD)

Cryptosporidiosis

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Diphtheria

Donovanosis

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Flavivirus

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Gonorrhoea

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Haemophilus influenzae type b invasive disease

Human Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE), including Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)

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Influenza

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Malaria

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV)

Measles

Melioidosis

Meningococcal infections

Mumps

Mycoplasma genitalium

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Norovirus

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Parainfluenza

Pertussis

Plague

Pneumococcal disease (invasive)

Poliovirus

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Q fever

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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

Rotavirus

Rubella

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Salmonella

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV)

Shiga-like toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC)

Shigellosis

Smallpox

Syphilis

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Tetanus

Tuberculosis

Tularaemia

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Varicella zoster virus

Viral Haemorrhagic Fever (VHF)

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