Post-Event
Operational Issues
Case
Classification
CONFIRMED
CASE
A confirmed
case of smallpox is defined as a case that is laboratory confirmed OR a
case that meets the clinical case definition that is epidemiologically
linked to a lab confirmed case.
PROBABLE
CASE
A probable case
is one that meets the clinical case definition OR a case
that has an atypical presentation that is epi-linked to a confirmed
case of smallpox.
SUSPECT CASE
A suspect case
is defined as a case with a febrile rash illness with fever preceding
development of rash by 1 to 4 days.
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