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Appendix 1 - Case Definitions
Gastrointestinal diseases | Bloodborne diseases | Quarantinable diseases | Sexually transmissable infections | Vectorborne diseases | Vaccine preventable diseases | Zoonoses | Other bacterial infections
The following table displays the case definitions for vectorborne diseases notified to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System in 1999. If you are not able to access these data please e-mail cdi.editor@health.gov.au
Appendix 1e. Case definitions and ICD-10 code for notifiable diseases reported to NNDSS in 1999, vectorborne diseases
Disease |
Case definition (NHMRC 1994) |
ICD-10 code(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Arbovirus infection (NEC) | Demonstration of a four-fold or greater change in serum antibody titres between acute and convalescent-phase serum specimens obtained at least 2 weeks apart and preferably conducted in parallel at the same laboratory
OR demonstration of specific IgM antibodies in CSF or acute phase serum OR isolation of virus from blood, CSF or tissue specimens |
A92, A93, A94 |
| Barmah Forest virus infection | Demonstration of above criteria for Barmah Forest virus | A92.8 |
| Ross River virus infection | Demonstration of criteria for Arbovirus infection for Ross River virus | B33.1 |
| Dengue | Demonstration of above criteria for dengue virus (all types) | A90 |
| Malaria | Demonstration of malaria parasites (Plasmodium species) in a blood film | B50, B51, B52, B53 |
This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 25, No 4, November 2001.
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