Laboratory case definitions

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.

1. Alphavirus and flavivirus
2. Anthrax
3. Australian bat lyssavirus infection
4. Botulism
5. Brucellosis
6. Campylobacter
7. Chlamydia
8. Cholera
9. Cryptosporidiosis
10. Diarrhoea caused by rotavirus summary
11. Diphtheria
12. Donovanosis
13. Gonorrhoea
14. Hendra virus
15. Hepatitis A
16. Hepatitis B
17. Influenza
18. Legionella
19. Leptospirosis
20. Listeria
21. Malaria
22. Measles
23. Melioidosis
24. Meningococcal infections
25. Norovirus
26. Parainfluenza
27. Pertussis
28. Plague
29. Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
30. Poliovirus
31. Q fever
32. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
33. Rubella
34. Salmonella
35. Shiga-like toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC)
36. Shigellosis
37. Smallpox
38. Syphilis
39. Tetanus
40. Tuberculosis
41. Tularaemia
42. Varicella zoster virus