Rotavirus infection (Rotavirus)

Clinical criteria
Any person with fever
AND at least one of the following two:
– Diarrhoea
– Vomiting

Laboratory criteria
At least one of the following four:
– Detection of rotavirus by antigen assay
– Detection of rotavirus-specific RNA
– Detection of rotavirus by electron microscopy
– Isolation of rotavirus

Epidemiological criteria
At least one of the following two:
– Human to human transmission
– Exposure to a common source

Case classification
A. Possible case
NA
B. Probable case
Any person meeting the clinical criteria and with an epidemiological link to a confirmed case
C. Confirmed case
Any person meeting the laboratory criteria 

Current as of: 22 January 2019