11 нояб. 2024 г. · Case definitions are used in ongoing public health surveillance to track the occurrence and distribution of disease within a given area, as ...

Absent an outbreak, case definitions are used in the surveillance of public health in order to categorize those conditions present in a population (e.g., ...

12 апр. 2024 г. · A surveillance case definition is a set of uniform criteria used to define a disease for public health surveillance.

The purpose of case definitions is to ensure that cases are counted in a systematic and consistent manner to enable comparison and analysis of trends.

A case definition is needed to establish whether a patient is linked to the outbreak under investigation or not. The case definition is a set of criteria ...

A case definition includes criteria for person, place, time, and clinical features. These should be specific to the outbreak under investigation. "Person" ...

Case definition means the set of clinical or microbiological characteristics by which a case of infectious disease is defined.

28 мая 2024 г. · A case definition includes criteria for person, place, time, and clinical features. These should be specific to the outbreak under investigation.

Cases will be classified as “possible”, “probable” and “confirmed”. A possible case is usually a case with the clinical criteria as described in the case ...

Case definitions can include a degree of certainty (e.g. probable or confirmed, etc.) or specify the method to be used in assessing whether or not criteria are ...