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

• Chlamydia infections
• Gonococcal infections
• HIV infection
• Syphilis

Viral hepatitis

• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis C

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

• Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
• Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob’s disease

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

• Cholera
• Malaria
• Plague
• Viral haemorrhagic fevers 

 Vector-borne diseases

• Tick-borne encephalitis

Special health issues 

• Nosocomial infections
• Antimicrobial resistance

 
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.