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    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: 11 January 2017

        A

      • Alphavirus and flavivirus
      • Anthrax
      • Australian bat lyssavirus infection

        B

      • Botulism
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        C

      • Campylobacter
      • Chlamydia
      • Chlamydophila Psittaci
      • Cholera
      • Clostridium difficile infection (CDI)
      • Clostridium perfringens enteritis
      • Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (CJD)
      • Cryptosporidiosis


        D

      • Diphtheria
      • Donovanosis

        E

      •  

        F

      • Flavivirus


        G

      • Gonorrhoea

        H

      • Haemophilus influenzae type b invasive disease
      • Hendra virus
      • Hepatitis A
      • Hepatitis B
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      • Hepatitis E
      • HIV

        I

      • Influenza


        J

      •  

        K

      •  

        L

      • Legionella
      • Leprosy
      • Leptospirosis
      • Listeria


        M

      • Malaria
      • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV)
      • Measles
      • Melioidosis
      • Meningococcal infections
      • Mumps

        N

      • Norovirus

        O

      •  


        P

      • Parainfluenza
      • Pertussis
      • Plague
      • Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
      • Poliovirus

        Q

      • Q fever

        R

      • Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
      • Rotavirus
      • Rubella


        S

      • Salmonella
      • Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV)
      • Shiga-like toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC)
      • Shigellosis
      • Smallpox
      • Syphilis

        T

      • Tetanus
      • Tuberculosis
      • Tularaemia

        U

      •  


        V

      • Varicella zoster virus

        W

      •  

        X

      •  


        Y

      •  

        Z

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