EU case definitions
Diseases preventable by vaccination
- Diphtheria
- Infections with haemophilus influenza group B
- Influenza including Influenza A(H1N1)
- Measles
- Meningoccocal disease, invasive
- Mumps
- Pertussis
- Poliomyelitis
- Pneumoccocal invasive diseases
- Rubella
- Smallpox
- Tetanus
Sexually transmitted diseases
Viral hepatitis
Food- and waterborne diseases and diseases of environmental origin
- Anthrax
- Botulism
- Campylobacteriosis
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Giardiasis
- Shiga toxin /verocytotoxin -producing Escherichia coli (STEC/VTEC)
- Leptospirosis
- Listeriosis
- Salmonellosis
- Shigellosis
- Toxoplasmosis
- Trichinosis
- Yersinosis
Diseases transmitted by non-conventional agents
Airborne diseases
- Legionnaires’ disease
- Invasive meningococcal disease
- Invasive pneumococcal disease
- Tuberculosis
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Zoonoses (other than those listed above)
- Avian influenza in humans
- Brucellosis
- Echinococcosis
- Q fever
- Rabies
- Tularaemia
- West Nile virus infection
Serious imported diseases
Vector-borne diseases
Special health issues
Disclaimer: The terminology used in the list above may differ from the one in the case definitions and the one currently in use by ECDC. The list of diseases and their case definitions are based on the Commission Decision 2012/506/EU on 8 August 2012 amending 2002/253/EC.
Page last updated
29 May 2017