EU case definitions
Case definitions for each infectious disease covered by EU surveillance, as published in the Official Journal of the European Union (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/945).
Diseases
(COVID-19)
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, variant (vCJD)
Infections with haemophilus influenza group B
Influenza including Influenza A(H1N1)
Invasive meningococcal disease
Meningoccocal disease, invasive
Pneumoccocal invasive diseases
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Shiga toxin /verocytotoxin -producing Escherichia coli (STEC/VTEC)
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers
Zika virus disease, congenital
Special health issues
Disclaimer: The terminology used in the list above is based on the terminology used in the case definitions. Hence, the terminology may differ from the one in the Commission Implementing Decision on the communicable diseases and related special health issues to be covered by epidemiological surveillance – Annex 1 (replacing Commission Decision No 2000/96/EC).