Article 1
The Annex to Decision 2002/253/EC is completed by the additional case definition contained in the Annex to the present Decision.
2009/363/EC: Commission Decision of 30 April 2009 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 number C(2009) 3517) (Text with EEA relevance)
2009/363/EC: Commission Decision of 30 April 2009 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 number C(2009) 3517) (Text with EEA relevance)
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Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Supplementary provisions
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
ANNEX The following wording is inserted in the Annex to Decision 2002/253/EC: ‘NOVEL INFLUENZA VIRUS A(H1N1) (THE SO-CALLED SWINE INFLUENZA VIRUS A(H1N1) AND MEXICAN INFLUENZA VIRUS) ( 1 ) Clinical criteria Any person with one of the following three: — fever > 38 °C AND signs and symptoms of acute respiratory infection, — pneumonia (severe respiratory illness), — death from an unexplained acute respiratory illness. Laboratory criteria At least one of the following tests: — RT-PCR, — viral culture (requiring BSL 3 facilities), — four-fold rise in novel influenza virus A(H1N1) specific neutralising antibodies (implies the need for paired sera, from acute phase illness and then at convalescent stage 10-14 days later minimum). Epidemiological criteria At least one of the following three in the seven days before disease onset: — a person who was a close contact to a confirmed case of novel influenza A(H1N1) virus infection while the case was ill, — a person who has travelled to an area where sustained human-to-human transmission of novel influenza A(H1N1) is documented, — a person working in a laboratory where samples of the novel influenza A(H1N1) virus are tested. Case classification A. Case under investigation Any person meeting the clinical and epidemiological criteria. B. Probable case Any person meeting the clinical AND epidemiological criteria AND with a laboratory result showing positive influenza A infection of an unsubtypable type. C. Confirmed case Any person meeting the laboratory criteria for confirmation. ( 1 ) The name will be changed in line with the definition provided by the World Health Organisation.’.’
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