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Australian national notifiable diseases case definitions

Cryptosporidiosis case definition

This document contains the case definitions for Cryptosporidiosis which is nationally notifiable within Australia. This definition should be used to determine whether a case should be notified.

Australian national notifiable diseases case definitions - Cryptosporidiosis

Reporting

Only confirmed cases should be notified.

Confirmed case

A confirmed case requires laboratory definitive evidence only.

Laboratory definitive evidence

Detection of Cryptosporidium.